John Dalton 2

JOHN DALTON John Dalton lived with his family in Eaglesfield, Cumberland. They lived in a small thatched cottage. When John was born he had an older brother, who was seven years older than him and a sister who was two years older than him. Johns birth was not recorded in the family bible, but when he asked his elders, they said he was born on the 5th of September in 1766. The Daltons were Quakers, and …

…with each other in small whole number ratios." He published his studies and it gave chemistry a language of its own. Not everyone excepted the atomic theory, so he published another book with even more evidence that it worked. John died on the 27 of July in 1844 due to a stroke. "My Brother John". (online) available http://encarta.msn.com/encarta/MediaMax.asp?z=2&br=0&pg=3&ti=02DFD000&med=1&idx=40584 "Dalton, John". Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 7 :pg:11. 1977