(With apologies for cross-posting)
A one-day conference hosted by the Society for the History of
Alchemy and Chemistry.
JOHN DALTON BICENTENARY MEETING
Manchester, 21 October 2003
A meeting to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Dalton’s first
announcement of his atomic theory will be held on Tuesday 21
October 2003 in the Cardwell Auditorium of the Manchester
Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Castlefield,
Manchester. Free parking is available at the Museum for those
attending.
PROGRAMME
11.45 Coffee
12.00 Dr Diana Leitch and Mr John Woodhouse, John Rylands
Library, University of Manchester.
"The Dalton Archives"
12.45 LUNCH
13.45 Dr Howard R. Oliver, Harris Manchester College,
University of Oxford, "Dalton's Meteorology"
14.30 Mrs Raj Williamson-Jones, UMIST.
"A New Light on Dalton's Atomic Theory: The Manchester Gas
Affair"
15.15 Prof. Mel Usselman, University of Western Ontario and Dr
Katherine Watson, Oxford Brookes University
"A Reconstruction and Analysis of the Contentious Nitrous Gas
Experiments"
16.00 Dr Sydney Ross, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New
York, "Dalton's Lakeland Excursions"
The meeting will close at 16.45.
The meeting fee is 10 UK pound and the charge for lunch is
6 UK pounds.
Further particulars and a registration form are available from:
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or at 0000,0000,FF00http://www.amor/u> (click “Event).
or John Hudson, Graythwaite, Loweswater, Cockermouth
CA13 0SU
Those attending the meeting may also wish to attend the lecture
entitled "John Dalton, Manchester Man" to be given by Prof. Arnold
Thackray at 19.30 in the Renold Building of UMIST. There is no
charge, but admission is by ticket only obtainable from
Manchester Lit. and Phil., Loxford Tower, Lower Chatham Street,
Manchester M15 6BS. Tel. 0161 247 6774.
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