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9 unusual facts about John Dalton


Adrien-Jean-Pierre Thilorier

The French positivist Auguste Comte was so impressed by Thilorier's investigations of gases that he devoted the twentieth day of the ninth month of his positivist calendar to British chemist John Dalton -- and to Thilorier.

Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978

In Virginia, Gov. John Dalton declared a state of emergency on March 7 and ordered the state police to begin patrolling coal-producing areas.

Dalton Township, Ontario

It was named after Dr. John Dalton (1766–1844), an English scientist who contributed to the foundations of atomic theory.

Eaglesfield, Cumbria

Eaglesfield was the birthplace of John Dalton (1766–1844), acclaimed chemist, meteorologist and physicist.

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke

At the centennial of John Dalton’s atomic theory held at Manchester, England in 1903, Clarke delivered the Wilde Lecture.

Jean-André Deluc

He ascertained that water was denser about 40 °F (4 °C) (and not at the freezing temperature); he was the originator of the theory, later reactivated by John Dalton, that the quantity of water vapour contained in any space is independent of the presence or density of the air, or of any other elastic fluid.

John Rylands Library

The library holds personal papers and letters of notable figures, among them Elizabeth Gaskell and John Dalton.

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

I followed thereby the scientific formation of the term "Daltonism", from Dalton, the discoverer of colour-blindness.

Robert J. Kelly

He was the senior Naval Aviator at the 1991 Tailhook scandal, and was subsequently recommended for forced retirement by Secretary of the Navy John Dalton.


Conservation of mass

Joseph Proust's law of definite proportions and John Dalton's atomic theory branched from the discoveries of Antoine Lavoisier.


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