Life
*Born a Quaker, in September 6th, 1766 Eaglesfield, England
*Began teaching at the age of twelve
*Was a teacher/chemist/physicist
*Died in Manchester England July 27, 1844
Achievements
*President of Philosophical Society
*Winner of Gold Medal from the Royal Society
*Cofounder of the British association for the advancement of science
*Dalton's Atomic Theory, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
*Dalton's law of partial pressure is defined as the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases
Dalton's Atomic Theory
*Matter consists…
