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St. Leonard's-on-Sea, 



Eilsham Lodge, 



February I5fli, 94. 

 Dfar Sir, — 



I was glad to hear from you tliat tlie Bust liad arrived safely. 

 I will send the Grammar as soon as I can find it. I was many 

 years in finding a cojiy. 



The bust is not Ivory and will require great care in cleaning. We 

 were assured by Mr. Clare, Dr. DaltcMvs Executor, that the mould was 

 broken up when twelve were cast. I do not know who had the others. 

 Dr. Dalton was proud of his little Grammar but knew w'ell the 

 difference between it and his New Chemical Philosophy, by which, as 

 Lord Brougham described it, "he gave numerical laws to Chemistry 

 and raised [it] from an Art to a Science." 



Yours faithfully, 



Adam Bealey. 



Filsham Lodge, 



St. Leonard's-on-Sea, 



Jany. 29th, 1902. 

 Dear Sir, — 



In reply to your note, unfortunately so long unanswered, I reply 

 Dr. Dalton always gave us our lessons in Chemistry in the room on 

 the left on the ground floor. 



The adjoining room on the same floor contained some apparatus, 

 such as a pneumatic trough, but not much other, so far as I can 

 remember. I never was in the upper room, except on occasion of his 

 public lectures, when few attended. He was more proud of his English 

 Grammar than of his New System of Chemical Philosophy. If you 

 would like to have my copy of his Grammar I will send it to you. 



For many years I kept ihe memoranda of his fees. One and sixpence 

 a lesson ! ! 



When in acknowledgment of his skill and reputation and valuable 

 advice in business my mother presented [him] with a cheque for ^{,"20, 

 and I had the great pleasure of presenting it to him, he blushed and 

 said, "but thou'l want some change out of this." 



This at a time when an introduction in Paris would have been 

 more valuable than Lord Palmerston's. I intended to present the 

 memoranda of fees to the British Museum, but in changes of residence 

 they have been lost. 



Yours faithfully, 



Adam Bealey. 



Though so slight, Dr. Bealey's recollections of the great 

 chemist show vividly the kind of man Dalton was. A chemist 



