CHEM1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Sceptical Chymist, Antoine Lavoisier, Meteorology
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This idea was recorded as early as the fifth century bce by leucippus and democritus. The greeks called these particles atomos, meaning indivisible, and the modern word atom is derived from this term. Democritus proposed that different types and combinations of these particles were responsible for the various forms of matter. These ideas were largely ignored at the time, as most philosophers favored the aristotelian perspective. The concept of the atom was revisited and elaborated upon by many scientists and philosophers, including galileo, newton, boyle, and lavoisier. In 1661, boyle presented a discussion of atoms in his the sceptical chymist. The english chemist and meteorologist john dalton is credited with the first modern atomic theory, as explained in his a new system of chemical philosophy. Dalton"s experiments with gases led to some of the earliest measurements of atomic masses and a concept of atomic structure and reactivity. The atoms of different elements vary in mass and size.
