2007-04-10 05:55:17 · 5 answers · asked by parul b 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Philosophical atomic ruminations date back to the ancient Greeks and Indians in the fifth and sixth centuries BCE. It was the Greeks who coined the term atomos, which meant "uncuttable".
In 1803, John Dalton used the concept of atoms to explain why elements always reacted in simple proportions, and why certain gases dissolved better in water than others. He proposed that each element consists of atoms of a single, unique type, and that these atoms could join to each other, to form compound chemicals.
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2007-04-10 06:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Dalton.
2007-04-10 13:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ben 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first person to propose that matter was made
of atoms, and then write it down, was a Greek philosopher
named Democritus.
2007-04-10 13:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by brh2301 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Rutherford should get some credit too.
2007-04-10 13:18:43 · answer #4 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
john dalton i guess
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2007-04-10 13:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by flx_inc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋