John Dalton

John Dalton

        John Dalton is the man you can thank for chemistry class. He came up with a theory that all gases can be turned into a liquid. He said that with low temperature and high pressure that a gas can become a liquid. In 1803 he published the Law of  Partial Pressures which is used by every college chemistry student and more. Dalton grew up as a great man with a hard and limited education. Dalton was born on September 6, 1766, in Eaglesfield, England. Both of his parents were Quakers.Dalton grew up as a great man with a hard and limited education. Even though they were Christians they were seen as dissenters which made his education hard. Although he was once a principal after he started teaching himself mathematics, Greek and Spanish. John Dalton made a change in how we see gases.

 

 

 

My sources: Famous Scientists , Britannica , John Dalton .