Dalton’s atomic theory is based on two principles, which are the law of conservation of mass and the law of constant composition. Let us learn what these two principles are all about.

IN the review of “A New View of the Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory,” published in your issue of April 16, your reviewer, in summing up the evidence as to the origin of the atomic theory ...

Dalton's atomic theory converted alchemy into chemistry. Neither Dalton, nor anyone else at the time knew that hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen were diatomic. Hence, ...

The achievements of the scientist John Dalton were commemorated on Thursday 7 June at his birthplace in Cumbria. The Royal Society of Chemistry unveiled a plaque in his honour at the cottage where he ...

THE question is whether Dalton was led to apply the Newtonian doctrine of atoms to the explanation of chemical phenomena (1) by a consideration of the composition and properties of atmospheric air ...