A New System of Chemical Philosophy

John Dalton

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511736407

The renowned English chemist and meteorologist John Dalton (1766–1844) published A New System of Chemical Philosophy in two volumes, between 1808 and 1827. Dalton's discovery of the importance of the relative weight and structure of particles of a compound for explaining chemical reactions transformed atomic theory and laid the basis for much of what is modern chemistry. Volume 2 was published in 1827. It contains sections examining the weights and structures of two-element compounds in five different groups: metallic oxides; earthly, alkaline and metallic sulphurets; earthly, alkaline and metallic phosphurets; carburet; and metallic alloys. An appendix contains a selection of brief notes and tables, including a new table of the relative weights of atoms. A planned second part was never published. Dalton's work is a monument of nineteenth-century chemistry. It will continue to be read and enjoyed by anybody interested in the history and development of science.

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CHAP. V - COMPOUNDS OF TWO ELEMENTS
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APPENDIX
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

CHAP. V - COMPOUNDS OF TWO ELEMENTS
pp 1-267

APPENDIX
pp 268-357

BOOKS, ESSAYS, &c.
pp 358-360

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Frontmatter pp i-vi

PREFACE pp vii-viii

Contents pp ix-xii

CHAP. V - COMPOUNDS OF TWO ELEMENTS pp 1-267

APPENDIX pp 268-357

BOOKS, ESSAYS, &c. pp 358-360

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

CHAP. V - COMPOUNDS OF TWO ELEMENTS
pp 1-267

APPENDIX
pp 268-357

BOOKS, ESSAYS, &c.
pp 358-360