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William Hyde Wollaston

English chemist and physicist (1766–1828)

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Chemistry

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14 images from works
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after J. Jackson.
  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by W. Holl [?] after J. Jackson.
  • Distinguished British men of science 1807-1808 assembled in the library of the Royal Institution, London. Mezzotint by W. Walker and G. Zobel after F. Skill and W. Walker, ca. 1860, after Sir J. Gilbert.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by J. Thomson, 1835, after J. Jackson.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after J. Jackson.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1824, after J. Jackson.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Pen drawing.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1830, after J. Jackson.
  • William Hyde Wollaston. Stipple engraving by F. C. Lewis, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.
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7 works

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    Foundations of the atomic theory : comprising papers and extracts by John Dalton, William Hyde Wollaston, M. D., and Thomas Thomson, M. D. (1802-1808).

    | Date: 1893
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    On semi-decussation of the optic nerves / by William Hyde Wollaston.

    Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828. | Date: 1824
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    Foundations of the atomic theory : comprising papers and extracts by John Dalton, William Hyde Wollaston, M. D., and Thomas Thomson, M. D. (1802-1808).

    | Date: 1899
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    Notice sur l'usage des chambres obscures et des chambres claires, contenant ... les mémoires publiés ... / par le Docteur Wollaston et le Professeur Amici.

    Chevalier, Charles, 1804-1859 | Date: 1829
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    Foundations of the atomic theory : comprising papers and extracts / by John Dalton, William Hyde Wollaston, and Thomas Thomson.

    | Date: 1893
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Frequent collaborators

John Dalton
Thomas Thomson

Related topics

Atomic theory
Thomas Young
Joseph Banks
John Dalton
Humphry Davy
Davies Gilbert

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