John Dalton Research Paper

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Jose Estrada
CPT.Benevides
Period 7

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John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766, Eaglesfield, England. He was born into a Quaker Family, his grandfather was a shoemaker, and his father, Joseph, was a weaver. Daltons parents got married in 1755 and bother families where Quakers.John had two surviving siblings of a young age, both he and his brother were born color-blinded. In his early studies, Dalton wanted a formal education, but his family had not enough wealth. He wanted to get his family in a better economic finances and he started to work. As young as 12 years old, Dalton started to teach English and helping people in school. Later on Dalton published “Elements of English Grammar” in 1801. This young scientist is recognized by being the first person to describe the color blindness, this called , Daltonism. The Englishman was one of the very first scientist to decide that all matter is made up of a very small particle, something now a days named …show more content…

The majority of his outstanding contributions and conclusions that this brilliant scientist was able to create and understand , still stand and are being used today in chemistry and in other scientific areas. Dalton’s atomic theory is a very famous and complex theory about the atoms. Dalton not only found a way to have the “weight of an atom”, but he also changed the understanding of chemistry and improved the progress of the modern science. The splitting of the atom could not had been successfully completed without Dalton laying the foundation of the understanding about the atomic makeup of the simple and complex molecules. His discoveries allowed the cost-efficient of manufacturing the chemical compounds and the exact proportions in a compound.He became an official member of the Royal Society in 1822, he was able to received his first Royal medal in

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