ABSTRACT
In each entry, the first reference is to the original publication; some subsequent references are to summaries o f the original. 25 Extraordinary facts relative to the vision o f colours, with observations Read 31 Oct., 1794. Memoirs, 1798, 5, 28-45; Edinb. J. Sci., 1831, 5, 88-98 The first paper Dalton read to the Society and the first detailed description o f ‘colour-blindness’ or ‘daltonism’. 26 Experiments and observations to determine whether the quantity o f rain and dew is equal to the quantity o f water carried o ff by the rivers and raised by evaporation, with an inquiry into the origin o f springs Read i Mar., 1799. Memoirs, 1802, 5, 346-jz;A n n . Phys., 1803,15, 249-78 ‘The last point, then much debated, was practically settled by Dalton’s conclusion that springs are fed by rain. The same paper contained a further development of his theory o f aqueous vapour, with the earliest definition o f the dew-point - D.N.B. 27 Experiments and observations on the power o f fluids to conduct heat, with reference to Count Rumford’s seventh essay on the same subject Read 12 Apr., 1799. Memoirs 1802, 5, 373-97; Ann. Chim., 1802, 45, 177-81; Ann. Phys., 1803,14, 184-98, 293-6; Roy. Inst. J., 1802, i, 268-9 ‘Combated Count Rumford’s view that the circulation o f heat in fluids is by convection solely’ — D.N.B. 28 Experiments and observations on the heat and cold produced by the mechanical condensation and rarefaction o f air Read 27 June, 1800. Memoirs, 1802, 5, 515-16; Ann. Chim., 1802,45, І0 3~7» Ann. Phys., 1803, 14, 101-i i ;J. Mines, 1802-3, 13, 257-69 ‘Contained the understated but important result that the temperature o f air compressed to one-half its volume is raised 5o°F’ — D.N.B. Dalton’s first paper as Secretary o f the Society 29 Experimental essays on the constitution o f mixed gases; on the force o f steam or vapour from water and other liquids in different temperatures, both in a torricellian vacuum and in air; on evaporation; and on the expansion of gases by heat Read 2, 16 and 30 Oct., 1801. Memoirs 1802, 5, 535-602; Ann. Chim., 1803, 46, ζ^ο-ηβ', Ann. Phys., 1803, 12, 310-18, 385-95; 1803, 13, 438-45; 1803, 15, 124, 121-43;/. Mat. Phil., 1802, 3, 267-71; 1802, 5, 241-4; Phil. Mag., 1802, 14, 169-73; / Mines, 1803, 14, 33-6; Soc. Philom. Bull., 1803, 3, 189-91. Gave him at once a European reputation. Consists o f four distinct essays. The first expresses the generalisation that the maximum density o f a vapour
in contact with its liquid remains the same whether other gases be present or not and the view that the particles o f every kind o f elastic fluid are elastic only with regard to those o f their own kind. The second essay gave the first table o f the varying elasticity of steam and described the dew-point hygrometer. The third essay showed the quantity o f water evaporated in a given time to be strictly proportional to the force of aqueous vapour at the same temperature, and to be the same in vacuo. The fourth announced the law (arrived at almost simultaneously by Gay-Lussac) that all elastic fluids expand the same quantity by heat. By these discoveries meteorology was constituted a science — from D.N.B. See also 90 30 Meteorological observations made at Manchester Memoirs, 1802, 5, 666-74; Ann. Phys., 1803,15, 197-205 31 Observations concerning the determination o f the zero o f heat, the thermometrical gradation, and the law by which dense or non-elastic fluids expand by heat
J. Nat. Phil\, 1803, 5, 34-6 32 Correction o f a mistake in Dr. Kirwan’s essay on the state o f vapour in the atmosphere
J. Nat. Phil., 1803, 6, 118-20 33 On the supposed chemical affinity o f the elements o f common air; with remarks on Dr. Thom son’s observations o f that subject
J. Nat. Phil., 1804, 8, 145-9; PM· Mag., 1804,19, 79-83 34 Observations on Mr. Gough’s strictures on the doctrine o f mixed gases
J. Nat. Phil., 1804, 9, %<)-()i;Ann. Phys., 1805, 21, 409-16 35 Observations on Mr. Gough’s two letters on mixed gases
J. Nat. Phil., 1804, 9, z6<)—-/y,Ann. Phys., 1805, 21, 420-36 36 Experimental inquiry into the proportion o f the several gases or elastic fluids constituting the atmosphere Read 12 Nov., 1802. Memoirs, 1805, 6, 244-58\Ann. Phys., 1807, 27, 369-87; Phil. Mag., 1805, 23, 349-56 ‘Dalton’s first chemical memoir. It disclosed the insight obtained through study o f the combinations o f oxygen with nitrous gas, into the law o f multiple proportions’ - D.N.B. 37 On the tendency o f elastic fluids to diffusion through each other Read 28 Jan., 1803. Memoirs 1805, 6, 259-·jo;A n n. Phys., 1807, 27, 388-99; J. Phys., 1807, 65, 68-75; Phil. Mag., 1806, 24, 8-14 38 On the absorption o f gases by water and other liquids
of gaseous and ether bodies.
