John Dalton, the teacher and meteorologist who introduced these symbols, is now best remembered for his groundbreaking atomic ...

The scientist John Dalton carried out a series of experiments ... He published his ideas in 1803. This atomic model has changed over time. Scientists used the model to make predictions.

John Dalton was born in 1766 in Cumbria, and worked for most of his life in Manchester. His achievements include: Developing atomic theory. This states that everything is made up of tiny particles ...

"John Dalton supported himself as freelance teacher ... "He was very much his own man and believed in the power of his own observations." Apart from his work on atomic theory, he worked on the ...