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dalton [ˈdɔːltən] n (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) another name for atomic mass unit [named after John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist and physicist] Dalton [ˈdɔːltən] n (Biographies / Dalton, John (1766-1844) M, English, SCIENCE: chemist, SCIENCE: physicist) John. 1766-1844, English chemist and physicist, who formulated the modern form of the atomic theory and the law of partial pressures for gases. He also gave the first accurate description of colour blindness, from which he suffered
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| Dalton was gross, very gross, and I had no choice but to offer him my columns to reply. "The cap'n's been ridin' the devil's own pace," said Dalton the coachman, whose person stood out in high relief as he smoked his pipe against the stable wall, when John brought up Rattler. The common sense of Franklin, Dalton, Davy and Black, is the same common sense which made the arrangements which now it discovers. |
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