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john dalton
Title: john dalton
Category: Science & Technology
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john dalton
John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766, in Eaglesfeild, Cumberland County,
England. John’s father was a weaver and a school teacher. John was taught by his father
at a Quaker school in his home town. John began teaching at the Quaker school at the
age of 12. In 1781 he moved to Kendal, where he had a school with his older brother and
cousin.
In 1787 Dalton began a series of meteorological observations. He continued these
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…showed last 75 words of 294 total…atomic weights by studying the physical properties of atmospheric air and other
gases. By studying this Dalton discovered the law of partial pressures of mixed gases,
also know as Dalton’s law. This law states that the total pressure exerted by a mixture of
gases is equal to the sum of the separate pressures that each of the gases would exert if it
alone occupied the whole volume.
John Dalton died in Manchester on July 27, 1844
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