British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)

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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.

John Dalton. Pen drawing with watercolour wash.

John Dalton. Engraving by J. Stephenson, 1845, after himself.

John Dalton. Etching by J. Stephenson after himself.

The eyes of John Dalton / [Charles Snyder].

A treatise on chemistry. Vol. 1, The non-metallic elements / by Sir H.E. Roscoe & C. Schorlemmer ...

John Dalton. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1834, after J. Lonsdale.

A new view of the origin of Dalton's atomic theory : a contribution to chemical history, together with letters and documents concerning the life and labours of John Dalton, now for the first time published from manuscript in the possession of the Literary and philosophical society of Manchester / by Henry E. Roscoe and Arthur Harden.

A new system of chemical philosophy ... / [John Dalton].

On the microcosmic salt, acids, bases, and water, and a new ... method of analysing sugar / [John Dalton].

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

A new system of chemical philosophy ... / By John Dalton.

Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton.

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Dalton, John, 1766-1844

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On the microcosmic salt, acids, bases, and water, and a new ... method of analysing sugar / [John Dalton].

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

A new system of chemical philosophy ... / By John Dalton.

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

Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton.