Meteorological Observations and Essays by DALTON, John - 1834

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Paperback / softback. New. Published in 1793, this study of meteorological phenomena launched the scientific career of meteorologist and natural philosopher John Dalton. As well as his weather observations, this book also contains Dalton's detailed descriptions of the instruments required for research and his speculations over the causes of weather phenomena.

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Manchester: Printed by Harrison and Crosfield for Baldwin and Cradock, 1834. DALTON'S FIRST BOOK - INSCRIBED. Second edition (first, 1793), inscribed by Dalton, of Dalton's first book which, according to Dalton himself, "contained the germs of most of the ideas afterwards expanded by him into discoveries" (DNB V, 428-34). Dalton (1766-1844) is famous today for his atomic theory of matter, but this grew out of his early work on meteorology, which resulted in his Meteorological Observations and Essays. "It created little stir at first but contained original ideas that, together with Dalton's more developed articles, marked the transition of meteorology from a topic of general folklore to a serious scientific pursuit" (Britannica). In this book Dalton stated that "water evaporated is not chymically combined with the aerial fluids but exists as a peculiar fluid diffused amongst the rest," and that "when a particle of vapour exists between two particles of air let their equal and opposite pressures upon… Read More

1793. London, W. Richardson, 1793. Cont. hcalf, professionally rebacked in old style with raised bands. orig. gilt title-label preserved. XVI,208 pp. Light yellowing to leaves, scattered brownspots. Front-and end-papers brownspotted. First edition of Dalton's first book. In chemistry Dalton was the founder of "The Atomic Theory" (A New System of Chemical Philosophy 1808-27) and with his "Meteorological Observations" and supplementary lectures he laid the foundation of modern meteorology, establishing the cause of air's homogeneity and formulating the law of partial pressures. In the attempt to give solid experimental bases for his studies, Dalton laid the foundation of future atomic theory, beginning an experimental inquiry into proportions of different gases in the atmosphere. (PMM p.157). - A.L. Smyth No. 1.

London: W. Richardson, J. Phillips, W. Pennington. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of Dalton's first book; one of the foundational works in meteorology. "In 1793 Dalton moved to Manchester to teach mathematics at a dissenting academy, the New College. He took with him the proof sheets of his first book, a collection of essays on meteorologic topics based on his own observations together with those of his friends John Gough and Peter Crosthwaite. This work, Meteorological Observations and Essays, was published in 1793. It created little stir at first but contained original ideas that, together with Dalton's more developed articles, marked the transition of meteorology from a topic of general folklore to a serious scientific pursuit" (Britannica). His book "contained not only a record of his unremitting observations but also inferences of the causes of the meteorological phenomena so exposed. These reflections, which… Read More