Daltons fascination with science included a intense interest in meteorology starting in 1793 John kept careful daily weather records for 46 years the meteorology study here led Dalton to a interest in the gases of the air and their ultimate components this interest of gases led to Daltons discovery of the Atomic Theory

Dalton's d iscovery

Experiment that led to discoveries

The crazy thing about John was that he was a humble man with several apparent, he was poor, he was not articulate, he was not a skilled experimentalist, and he was color blind