A new system of chemical philosophy

Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Scattergood, Thomas, 1826-1900, former owner. DSI, Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward), Sir, 1845-1925, former owner. DSI, Burndy Library, donor. DSI, United States Naval Observatory, former owner. DSI · 1808 · Manchester : Printed by S. Russell ... for R. Bickerstaff, ... London · 4 pictures

A new system of chemical philosophy is a 1808 treatise on chemistry by the English chemist John Dalton, printed in Manchester and sold in London for readers of natural philosophy. Its plates show schematic circles of atoms arranged in rows and clusters, with sun-like symbols and an armillary sphere held by a figure, a plain diagrammatic style suited to designers seeking simple geometric motifs of molecules and ordered repeating patterns.

Chemistry, Inorganic · Atomic theory

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