Historical reconstruction of John Dalton working in his laboratory. Archive Film 91244

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Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Scientific historical reconstruction.  An historical reconstruction describing John Dalton working in his chemistry laboratory, the bench is covered with instruments while the walls have shelves with glass bottles. Close up of Dalton weighing a chemical compound, he is working out the relative combining weights of elements. Close up of the front page of Dalton's book "A New System of Chemical Phylosophy" published in 1808, followed by more close ups of several pages and focusing on a page showing atomic structures and another page showing some of the chemical elements (atom) weights.

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