History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2) From the earliest time to the middle of the nineteenth century
CHAPTER IX
THE ATOMIC THEORY 123
The atomic hypotheses of the ancients. Newton. Bergmann. Lavoisier. Richter. Stochiometry. John Dalton: sketch of his life and character. How he was led to his explanation of the laws of chemical combination. The _New System of Chemical Philosophy_. Reception of his theory by Davy and Wollaston. Berzelius: his life and work. His services to chemistry. First accurate series of atomic weight determinations. Avogadro. Prout’s hypothesis.