Essays Tagged: "John Dalton"

Chemical reactions

combustion was a chemical reaction involving oxygen and another combustible substance, such as wood.John Dalton, in the early Nineteenth Century, discovered the atom. It gave way to the idea that a ch ...

(8 pages) 210 0 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Tjis essay explains the evolution of the atomic theory and how it has changed over the last cenutry or so.

The atomic theory has changed much since John Dalton's time. In thelate seventeen hundreds John Dalton first discovered that elements combine ...

(2 pages) 48 1 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Timeline of Elements?

proportional to the square of the distance between them. The formula for this is F= Q1*Q2/r"*1803: John Dalton, an English chemist, who proposed the Atomic Theory that all matter was composed of tiny ...

(2 pages) 34 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

John Dalton: the father of modern chemistry.

John Dalton was born in England in 1766. He was the son of a weaver and attended a Quaker school. He ... were running the school. During his 12 years in Kendal, Dalton met and befriended blind philosopher John Grough. With the help and influence of Grough, Dalton was appointed professor of mathematics an ... from its magnetic property, assumes the form of cylindrical beams." (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John+Dalton)His study showed less about aurora beams and more about what kind of scientist Dalton re ...

(5 pages) 67 1 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Life of James Joule.

Revolution. He was home schooled, and then at sixteen, was sent to Cambridge. There he studied with John Dalton, a British Chemist. After graduating, he began to study on his own, in a laboratory, at ...

(1 pages) 25 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Dalton's Atomic Theory.

Dalton's Atomic TheoryToday, John Dalton is one of the most well known scientists from the 1800's. In addition to proposing an ac ... indestructible particles with a certain mass, size, and chemical behavior depending on the element.John Dalton was one of the earlier scientists to focus on the understanding of matter. The atomic th ...

(2 pages) 81 3 4.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Atoms

ygen, iron, and lead are elements. Each of these elements has 1 basic kind of element.What parts of Dalton's atomic theory no longer agree with the current picture of the atom? Explain why.Some of Dal ... riginal theories were wrong but the basic concepts are still the basics of modern physical science, Dalton's theories were: 1- all matter consists of tiny particles called atoms. #2- atoms are indestr ...

(1 pages) 47 1 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The History, Theory, and Application of Avogadro's Principle

pond to the conflicting conclusions of two chemists of the early 1800s: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and John Dalton. Dalton, founder of the Law of Multiple Proportions and the Law of Definite Proportions, ... adro's Hypothesis." http://www.carlton.paschools.pa.sk.ca/chemical/molemass/avogadro.htm. Oct. 1998.Johnson, Chris. "Amedeo Avogadro." http://www.bulldog.u-net.com/avogadro/avoga.html. Nov. 2002.Morse ...

(3 pages) 33 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Atom

ristic properties of a chemical element. As such, the atom is the basic building block of chemistry.John Dalton -John Dalton developed the first useful atomic theory of matter around 1803. Whilst stud ...

(4 pages) 46 1 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

John Dalton and His Atomic Theory

John Dalton and His Atomic Theory John Dalton was a British chemist who discovered the first ... John Dalton was a British chemist who discovered the first helpful atomic theory of matter. John Dalton discovered this theory in the year 1803 (Cain, 2001). John Dalton's atomic theory states ...

(1 pages) 37 1 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

James Prescott Joule

d, England. In 1833, he was sent by his father to be tutored for four years by the famous scientist John Dalton. Joule soon became one of the most accurate scientists of his time. During 1838 - 1841 w ...

(1 pages) 14 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Biography on John Dalton

John Dalton an English chemist and physicist, was known to us for his atomic theory. Born in 1766, S ... s are just rearranging the combinations of the atoms, and atoms can not be destroyedThe theory that John Dalton stated have persuaded half of the scientists of that time, with oppositions dying off ha ... olour blindness. Since he was coloured-blinded himself, colour-blind was sometimes called Daltonism.John Dalton died at Manchester of paralysis. He first suffered from it since 1837, when he got his f ...

(1 pages) 22 0 3.7 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Atomic Theory

only the basis of Democritus' philosophical ideas.*The Modern Atomic TheoryIn 1803, British chemist John Dalton developed the first useful atomic theory of matter, transforming Democritus' theory into ...

(4 pages) 32 0 4.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Industrial Age

ies. Not only inventions and discoveries were being stumbled upon, but scientific theories as well. John Dalton developed the Atomic Theory, the theory that states the fundamental rules which modern c ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Atomic Theory

e they gave to these particles was the atom.In 1776 the man known as "The Father of Atomic Theory", John Dalton was born in England. He is known as the father of atomic theory because he is the one wh ...

(2 pages) 1839 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

James Joule

Joule and his brother paid private tutors to teach them. One of the tutors was the famous scientist John Dalton. Dalton taught them chemistry, physics, the scientific method, and mathematics. Dalton s ...

(3 pages) 3596 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

The Development of The Atom

test and prove his ideas.The next giant step in the development of the atom was made by a man named John Dalton in about 1800. By using experimental methods, Dalton transformed Democritus’s ideas ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

History Time line of the Atom

ilable to test either view, Aristotle's prevailed mainly because people liked his philosophy better.John Dalton-In 1803 Dalton came up with these theories1. Matter is made up of indivisible atoms.2. A ... of the nitrogen atoms, and thus that he had made the first observation of nuclear reactions.Joseph John ThomasIn 1897 J. J. Thomson, an English physicist, conducted a series of experiments on cathode ...

(6 pages) 20 0 5.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Atomic Theory

facts established by him were the necessary consequences of the labours of those who preceded him.4.John Dalton: John Dalton, an English chemist who put forward the idea those chemical reactions can b ... vided, created or destroyed and in chemical reactions, atoms are combined, separated or rearranged. John's theory was atoms cannot be destroyed or created but the uranium -235was splitting apart into ...

(5 pages) 15 0 1.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Atomic Theory Research Paper

the atom. These amazing discoveries mostly started taking effect when Dalton came into the picture.John Dalton (1766-1844), is one of the most influential scientists in the development of the atomic ... his model, he states that each atom has a certain size, mass, and chemical behavior. Unfortunately, John Dalton made a mistake in rationalizing the many laws of chemical combination. He assumed that t ...

(7 pages) 21 0 5.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology