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THE question is whether Dalton was led to apply the Newtonian doctrine of atoms to the explanation of chemical phenomena (1) by a consideration of the composition and properties of atmospheric air; or (2) in consequence of remarking the results of the analysis of certain pairs or series of chemical compounds, the composition of which illustrates the law of multiples.
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YOUR REVIEWER. Dalton's Atomic Theory. Nature 54, 28–29 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054028d0
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