WORKS

OF THE

CAVENDISH SOCIETY.

FOUNDED 1846.

MEMOIRS

OF

THE LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES

OF

JOHN DALTON.

HON. D.C.L. OXFORD; LL.D. EDINBURGH; F.R.S.;

PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, MANCHESTER ;
FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PARIS;
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE OF BERLIN AND OF MUNICH,
AND OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MOSCOW,

FELLOW OF THE CHEMICAL AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES; AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE
ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TURIN.

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LONDON:

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1854.