No new creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet into the solar system, or to annihilate one already in existence, as to create or destroy… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them... They appear to me equally to perplex the adepts in science, to discourage the learner, as well as to cloud… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
The cause of rain is now, I consider, no longer an object of doubt. If two masses of air of unequal temperatures, by the… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
“I was introduced to Mr. Davy , who has rooms adjoining mine (in the Royal Institution); he is a very agreeable and intelligent young… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
No new creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
Matter, though divisible in an extreme degree, is nevertheless not infinitely divisible. That is, there must be some point beyond which we cannot go… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly - may I say almost solely - from universal assiduity. — John Dalton Copy Share Image
This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it — John Dalton Copy Share Image
We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
Reconsidering Happiness captures all the contradictory impulses of falling in and out of love-the lust and wanderlust, the contentment and restlessness, the secret loyalties,… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
I was introduced to Mr. Davy, who has rooms adjoining mine (in the Royal Institution); he is a very agreeable and intelligent young man,… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
Berzelius' symbols are horrifying. A young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself acquainted with them... They appear to me… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying… — John Dalton Copy Share Image
