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A New System of Chemical Philosophy
- 1808 – 1827
First edition of a milestone work in the history of chemistry, in which Dalton announced his revolutionary atomic theory and laws of definite and multiple proportions. As outlined by Dalton, these fundamental laws…
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Plate 1: Capacities of bodies for heat; views of mercurial and water thermometer divisions
- 1808
Fig. 1 is intended to illustrate Dalton's ideas on the subject of the capacities of bodies for heat.
Fig. 2 is a comparative view of the old and new divisions of the scale of the mercurial thermometer.
FIg. 3 is a…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Thermometers, Atomic theory, Temperature measurements
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Plate 2: The expansion of air by heat
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents an air thermometer, or the expansion of air by heat.
Fig. 2 is the logarithmic curve.
Fig. 3 is a device suggested by "Mr. Ewart," to illustrate Dalton's idea on the temperature of the atmosphere.
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Plate 3: Representations of water particles in water and ice
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents particles (balls) of water, the square form denoting the arrangement in water.
Fig, 2 represents particles (balls) of water, the rhomboidal form denoting the arrangement in ice.
Fig. 3 represents the…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atomic theory, Water, Ice, Molecular structure
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Plate 4: Elements
- 1808
This plate contains the arbitrary marks or signs chosen to represent several chemical elements, from simple elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, to septenary elements such as an atom of sugar.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Prospectus for Part 1 of "A New System of Chemical Philosophy" with letter to Dr. Bostock from John Dalton, June 11, 1808
- 1808-Jun-11
Prospectus announcing the publication of part I of John Dalton’s (1766-1844) immortal New System of Chemical Philosophy (Manchester, 1808). This copy contains an accompanying letter to Dr. John Bostock (1773-1846) from…
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Letter to Dr. Bostock from John Dalton, June 21, 1808
- 1808-Jun-21
A letter from John Dalton (1766-1844) to Dr. John Bostock (1773-1846) following Dalton's letter of June 11, 1808. Dalton writes he has sent Bostock four copies of his "Chemistry," referring to his work, A New System of…
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A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall Mall
- 1809
This hand-colored etching by Thomas Rowlandson was produced based on a drawing by G. M. Woodward. It portrays a London street scene of citizens commenting on, and in some instances complaining about, the wonders of new…
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An Elementary Treatise on Chemistry, Comprising the Most Important Facts of the Science with Tables of Decomposition, on a New Plan; To Which is Added an Appendix Giving an Account of the Latest Discoveries
- 1809
The first and only edition of a textbook written by Charles Sylvester (1774–1828), an English chemist and civil engineer who specialized in the study of galvanization. The work contains a system of chemical symbolism…
- Contributor Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Author Sylvester, Charles
- Printer E. and W. Smith
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Signs and symbols, Chemical elements, Sylvester, Charles
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Conversations on Chemistry : in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates
- To which are added, some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies by H. Davy, Esq., of the Royal Society
- 1809
Conversations on Chemistry is an introductory chemical textbook. To this third American edition (the first and second: Philadelphia, 1806, and 1809), the anonymous editor has added new material on mineral waters and the…
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Plate 5: Elements
- 1810
This plate exhibits various symbols devised to represent simple and compound elements; they are nearly the same as in plate 4, only extended and corrected.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Plate 6: Symbols of compound elements
- 1810
Continued from plate 5.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Plate 7: Arrangements of elastic fluid particles
- 1810
Figs. 1-3 represent profile views of the disposition and arrangement of hydrogen, nitrous, and carbonic acid gas particles.
Fig. 4 is the representation of four particles of azote with their elastic atmospheres, marked…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atomic theory
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Plate 8: Diameters of Elastic Atoms; Ebullition of Volatile Liquids
- 1810
The first 16 figures represent the atoms of different elastic fluids, drawn in squares of different magnitude in proportion to the diameters of the atoms.
Fig. 17 exhibits curve lines by which the boiling point of…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Printer Russell & Allen
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atoms, Atomic theory, Boiling-points
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Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- Elements of Pyrotechnics
- 1811
Written originally as a technical manual, this volume provides an historical account of the art and science of fireworks, with sections on materials, the manufacture of unit fireworks and display pieces, aquatic and…
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 10
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 11
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 12
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 13
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 14
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 15
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 16
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 17
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks
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Plate 18
- Part of Elémens de Pyrotechnie
- 1811
- Author Ruggieri, Claude-Fortuné
- Subject Balloons, Military fireworks, Fireworks