Dalton’s atomic theory is based on two principles, which are the law of conservation of mass and the law of constant composition. Let us learn what these two principles are all about.

IN the review of “A New View of the Origin of Dalton's Atomic Theory,” published in your issue of April 16, your reviewer, in summing up the evidence as to the origin of the atomic theory ...

Arnold W. Thackray, The Emergence of Dalton's Chemical Atomic Theory: 1801-08, The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jun., 1966), pp. 1-23 ...

But it was not until around 1803 that the first useful atomic theory of matter was introduced, by British chemist-physicist John Dalton. He proposed that all matter is composed of atoms, which ...

Dalton proposed that this was due to the nature of the particles - the atoms - that made up the gases. It gave him the first table of atomic weights. "He basically found a way 'to weigh' atoms," said ...

Letter Published: 14 May 1896 Dalton's Atomic Theory YOUR REVIEWER Nature 54, 28–29 (1896) Cite this article ...