\?NEW SYSTEMOFCHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY.PART I.BYJOHN DALTON.-MM»Nii9l!li(MMf*«*i:iWancijegterPrinted S.by Russell, is5t Oeanigate,FORLONDON.R. BICKERSTAFF, STRAND,1808.inReproduced FacsimileBYWilliam Dawson & Sons Ltd.102 WiGMORE Street,London, W.lAND Printed byHenderson & SpaldingSylvan Old KentGrove, Road,5S.E.ILondon,This Edition is limited to copies1,000V. 1i^27 T 5 19TO THEPROFESSORS OF THE UNIVERSITIES,AND OTHER RESIDENTS,OFEDINBURGH AND GLASGOW,who gaveAND ENCOURAGEMENTTHEIR ATTENTIONTO THSon Heat and ChemiealLectures Elements,inDelivered in those Cities 1807 ;AXDTO THE MEMBERS OF THELITERARYAND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETYOF MANCHESTER,wbo havePROMOTED HISVNIFORMLY RESEARCHES;THISWORKISRESPECTFULLYINSCRIBED,BY THSJUTHOR.PREFACE.was the author's intention when this work wasIT putto to it entire in one volume but he is;press publishto it in two for reasonsnow induced publish parts,it be to announce.which may properVarious of his were read before theessays Literaryof onand Philosophical Manchester, chieflySocietyelastic and were in the 5tbheat and fluids, publishedtheir in The new view*Volume of 1802,Memoirs,these were considered bothwhich essays developed,curious and The were republishedimportant. essaysand soon afterin several Philosophical Journals,tianslated into French and and circulatedGerman,medium of the Journals.abroad the foreignthroughhisThe authorwas not remiss in researches,prosecutingassisted thein ...
\?NEW SYSTEM
OF
CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY.
PART I.
BY
JOHN DALTON.
-MM»Nii9l!li(MMf*«*i
:iWancijegter
Printed S.by Russell, is5t Oeanigate,
FOR
LONDON.R. BICKERSTAFF, STRAND,
1808.inReproduced Facsimile
BY
William Dawson & Sons Ltd.
102 WiGMORE Street,
London, W.l
AND Printed by
Henderson & Spalding
Sylvan Old KentGrove, Road,
5S.E.ILondon,
This Edition is limited to copies1,000
V. 1
i^
27 T 5 19TO THE
PROFESSORS OF THE UNIVERSITIES,
AND OTHER RESIDENTS,
OF
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW,
who gave
AND ENCOURAGEMENTTHEIR ATTENTION
TO THS
on Heat and ChemiealLectures Elements,
inDelivered in those Cities 1807 ;
AXD
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
LITERARYAND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
OF MANCHESTER,
wbo have
PROMOTED HISVNIFORMLY RESEARCHES;
THISWORKISRESPECTFULLYINSCRIBED,
BY THS
JUTHOR.PREFACE.
was the author's intention when this work wasIT put
to to it entire in one volume but he is
;press publish
to it in two for reasonsnow induced publish parts,
it be to announce.which may proper
Various of his were read before theessays Literary
of onand Philosophical Manchester, chieflySociety
elastic and were in the 5tbheat and fluids, published
their in The new view*Volume of 1802,Memoirs,
these were considered bothwhich essays developed,
curious and The were republishedimportant. essays
and soon afterin several Philosophical Journals,
tianslated into French and and circulatedGerman,
medium of the Journals.abroad the foreignthrough
hisThe authorwas not remiss in researches,prosecuting
assisted thein which he was by applica-considerably
of derived from the above Intion principles essays.
thosehe was led to Law«,1803, primarygradually
which seem to obtain in to and to chemi-heat^regard
which it is the of thecal andcombinations, object
work to exhibit and elucidate. A brief outlinepresent
the winter inof them was first ensuingpublicly given
a of Lectures on Natural at thecourse Philosophy,
and was left forInstitution in London, publica-Royal
hetion in the of the Institution but is notJournals ;
that was done. The author hasinformed whether
ever since been several of hisoccasionally urged by
lose no time infriends tophilosophical communicating
to the thatthe results of his public,enquiries alledging,
the and his owninterests of science, reputation, mightVI, PREFACE.
suffer In the of 1 he was inducedby delay. spring 807,
to offer the of the hereinexposition containedprinciples
a course of which werein twice read inLectures,
and once in On these occasiot^Edinburgh, Glasgow.
was honoured with the attentionhe of gentlemen,
to be of the firstuniversallyacknowledged respectability
for their scientific attainments: most of whom were
to their desire to see the ofpleased express publication
thedoctrine in the as soon as convenient.present form,
the author's return to Manchester he toUpon began
for the Several tobeprepare press. experiments required
other new ones were to be made almostrepeated ; ;
the whole both in matter and mannerwas to besystem
and more time for thenew, requiredconsequently
and These considerations^composition arrangement.
with the avocations of havetogether daily profession,
work a from thethe nearly ; and, judgingdelayed year
before it beit another can com-
past, may require year
In the mean as the doctrine of andtime, heat,
pleted.
of Chemical are inthe aprinciples Synthesis,general
the futureof theredetails,degree independentgood
detriment arise to the or incon-can no author,great
into his what isvenience readers, submitting already
to the of theinspection public.prepared,
1808.MAY,