John Dalton and the rise of modern chemistry / by Sir Henry E. Roscoe.

Date:
1895
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Credit: John Dalton and the rise of modern chemistry / by Sir Henry E. Roscoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ing trade in homespuns and “ Kendal-green” eloth, the packs being taken to Liverpool by hundreds of horses. In those days a stage-coach arrived at Kendal twice a week from London, but the “ flying machine ” did not carry mails till 1786. At that time, too, though churches and school houses were being built, the amusements of the people were still of the coarser kind, for public bull-baiting was in full force until 1791, when it was prohibited by order of the Corporation, probably on the instigation of influential members of the Society of Friends, who took then, as they do now, a leading part in all that regards the education and culture of the townsfolk. John served his brother and his friend for four years, and in 1785 Bewley retired, and the brothers Dalton carried on the school, “ where youth ” of both sexes “ will be carefully instructed in English, Latin, Greek, and French ; also writing, arith- metic, merchants’ accompts, and the mathematics.” A photographic copy of the card containing this announcement, from the original in the possession of Mr. George Woolley, of Manchester, has kindly been made for this volume by Mr. Brothers, the well-known photographer.