Dalton
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
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John Dalton (1766-1844), the English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory, the law of partial pressures, and gave the first scientific description of red-green colour blindness.
“The chemistry teacher explained how Dalton's atomic model, though later revised, was a landmark in science.”
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