FIG. 305. LIEBIG. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



CHEMISTRY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



T OHN DALTON was born in 1766 at a small village near Cocker- 

 J mouth in Cumberland, where his father pursued the humble vo- 

 cation of a hand-loom weaver. Dalton's parents, like those of Thomas 

 Young, belonged to the amiable sect of " Friends," perhaps more 

 commonly known under the name of Quakers. His only school 

 training he received from a young Friend of ability, who was acting 

 as a schoolmaster in the neighbourhood. Dalton always entertained 

 the highest esteem for this John Fletcher so long as he lived, and 

 afterwards continued to hold his memory in honour. The Quaker 



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