The Creation Of John Dalton

John Dalton was born September 6, 1766 in the small town of Eaglesfield, England. He had two siblings and a father who made money as a handloom weaver. At the age of 12, John began teaching at a Quaker school in Cumberland, and six years later, he would then go on to become principal of that institution. In the year 1793, Dalton became a tutor at the New College in Manchester. While there, he received his own laboratory that enabled him to study his passion at the time, meteorology. This led to Dalton publishing his first book titled, Meteorological Findings.

Even though that was a major accomplishment for the smart fellow, that is not what he was remembered for. When Dalton first became a scientist, he studied color blindness, solely due
His theory stated that atoms were invisible and indestructible. Since Democritus did not really have that much technological support at the time, he could not elaborate on his suggestion. That’s where John Dalton came in…..2000 years later. Dalton used experimental methods to changed Democritus’s idea into a scientific theory. Dalton then began analyzing the ratios in which elements merge in chemical reactions. After doing several experiment, Dalton’s atomic theory was created. The four parts of his theory – as seen on page 103 in your Pearson Chemistry textbook - can be found
Should that be taken as a criticism of Dalton as a scientist? Before I answer that question, here’s a quote that tells my position on the matter:

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” Yeah, I’m sure you’ve heard that before. That quote was from Thomas Edison. With that said, the disproved parts of Dalton’s theory should not be taken as criticism, instead, it should be applauded. Why so? Well, if some parts of Dalton’s theory was disproved, this means that somebody found a better/more precise way to learn about the atom. I’m sure if Dalton were here today, he’d also applaud the person (or people) who figured this out.

As a scientist, you should want to know the wrongs of your work. That way, you’ll be able to revise it, and make it even better than it was before. It’s like an English rough draft. You write it, the teacher tells you what’s wrong with it, then you fix it up and make it better than it was. No scientist expects there work to be without errors. In fact, a good scientist anticipates this! Here’s a good quote to sum up what I’m