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-considered to be the father of modern atomic theory
-he's especially known meteorological weather forecaster
-also made a study on color-blindness
-he suffered from color-blindness
-he refused to accept his fame and chose to have a simple and humble life
-he was born in Cumberland, England
-he and his family were Quakers -
By: Alyssa Acosta, Demetreal Green, Joseph Monarez, Martin Resendiz Due: August 21, 2017
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He was born in Cumberland, England to Joseph Dalton and Deborah Greenup.
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His brother Jonathan and him ran a Quaker School in Kenda, Cumbria.
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He became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at a nearby college in Manchester.
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He wrote a paper titled 'Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colors.'
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Elected as a member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
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He gave a presentation and it dealt with information on his experiments with gasses and the study of the nature and chemical makeup of air in relation to atmospheric pressures.
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Formulated a theory on thermal expansion and heating and cooling reaction of gasses.
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In 1801 he discovered Dalton's Law.
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He conducted experiments on the pressure of mixture of gasses and was soon known as the Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure.
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He authored an article for the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. It included a chart on atomic weights.
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In his book he discusses atom theory, atomic weight, and he introduced the concept of how different elements can be distinguished based on their atomic weights.
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He was elected President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
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He suffered his first stroke.
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He suffers another stroke that left him with a speech impediment.
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At his third stroke he fell from his bed and passed away.
