1 6 LOEWENFELD, Coninhutioiis to tJie History of Science. 



by a committee under the chairmanship of William Neild. 

 Underneath is a reproduction of the invitation for the 

 subscription. 



SUBSCRIPTION 



IN .410 OF THE FUND TO bEFHAY TUB EXPANSES OF 



THE FUi^ERAL 



THE LATE DR. DALTUN; 



TO ERECT A 



SUITABLE MONUMENT 



OVER THE MORTAL REMAINS OF THIS ILLUSTRIOUS 

 PIULOSOPUER AND EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN, 



IN THE CE.METERY AT ARDWICK; 



AND AL30 TO FOUND A 



PROFESSORSHIP OF CHEMISTRY, 



IN SOME PUBLIC INSTITUTION IN 



NAMED THE " DALTONIAN PROKESSonsHlP;' 



oljKt of which th»Jl be to illustrau Iho ATOiiro TatoiY. «iid the 

 of Pbyslc&I ScifiDce. 



9UDSCRIPTI0NS. 



AlJirman NcUJ lyy jo o 



Aldcmi.iti Kcrsliaw 52 10 



Alfred Dinyon 52 10 o' 



Dr. Ba^d^!cy ■i\ q q. 



John Moore -21 q q 



Dr. Fleming 21 



Peter Clare 2G 6 



James Hcjwood, F.R.S S2 10 



The Mayor 21 



Wm. R. CallcDder 21 



Laurence Diichan SI 



Joscpli Ccm;iton .. 52 10 



Richard Lane lo 10 



Dcujamin Jculu 21 



Edmund Poei Thomsoa .12 10 



James Tliorobon, F,R.S 52 10 



Akxander Banncnnan 21 



John Bnunerman 21 



Henry Banncmian 21 d 



Cco^eMurmy S2 10 



AJdenuan Murray 21 Q 



Alderman BurJ 21 



Aldcramn Broota 52 10 



Dalton and Charles Henry carried on simultaneously 

 with Dav}' and others experiments on ammonia. At that 

 time this compound excited the greatest interest. It had 

 been discovered in 1774 by Priestley and was as far back 

 as 17S5 correctl}' analysed by Claude Louis Berthollet, but 

 nevertheless many chemists, including Davy and Henry, 

 were of opinion that ammonia contained oxygen. About 

 1808 Davy was very busy in applying the newly discovered 

 Voltaic Pile to all sorts of compounds, with a view to 

 ascertaining their composition. Ammonia had proved 

 -especially difficult to decompose. At this time the 



