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Jun 7, 2023 · John Adams (1735-1826) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who played a pivotal role in the early years of the United States. Born in Massachusetts, Adams was a passionate advocate for American independence and played a crucial role in drafting and promoting the Declaration of Independence.
- HE MADE SEVERAL REMARKABLE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. Dalton’s first major achievements were in meteorology, the scientific study of atmosphere. In 1793, Meteorological Observations and Essays became his first published work.
- He PUBLISHED THE FIRST EVER PAPER ON COLOUR BLINDNESS. John Dalton was colour blind and so was his elder brother Jonathan Dalton. In his 1794 paper “Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours” Dalton described the defect he had discovered in his own and his brother’s vision.
- JOHN DALTON DID PIONEERING WORK IN HYDROLOGY. Dalton’s 1799 paper proposed after research and estimated calculations that the quantity of rain and dew are equal to the quantity of water carried off by evaporation and by the rivers.
- HE PROVIDED GREAT NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF GASES. In 1802, John Dalton’s ground-breaking research, which provided great new insights on the nature of gases, was published.
John Dalton, English meteorologist and chemist, a pioneer in the development of modern atomic theory. His theory was notable for, among other things, positing that each element had its own kind of atom and that atoms of various elements vary in size and mass. Learn more about Dalton in this article.
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- John Dalton is best known for what became known as Dalton’s law, which posits that the total pressure of a gaseous mixture is equal to the sum of t...
- John Dalton based his partial pressures theory on the idea that only like atoms repel one another, whereas unlike atoms appear to react indifferent...
- John Dalton developed a crude method for measuring the masses of the elements in a compound. His law of multiple proportions states that when two e...
- John Dalton posited, against contemporary opinion of the time, that the atmosphere was a physical mixture of approximately 80 percent nitrogen and...
Nov 9, 2009 · The English philosopher and political theorist John Locke (1632-1704) laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment and made central contributions to the development of liberalism. Trained in...
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Jul 31, 2013 · Sir John Alexander Macdonald, prime minister of Canada 1867–73 and 1878–91, lawyer, businessman, politician (born 10 or 11 January 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland; died 6 June 1891 in Ottawa, ON). John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first and second-longest serving prime minister (19 years).
Nov 12, 2009 · English soldier and explorer Captain John Smith was born in Lincolnshire and had an adventurous life as a soldier, pirate, enslaved person, colonist and author—though many historians question the...
