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[Etymology: J. Dalton; UK 1766-1844] mass. Symbol D. Identically the
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Dalton, city (1990 pop. 21,761), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a farm area. Its large tufted-textile industry was begun in the late 1800s and still remains important; the city is the center of the U.S. carpet industry. In the Civil War, Dalton (Confederate headquarters after the Chattanooga campaign) fell to Gen. Sherman in the Atlanta campaign (1864). The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is nearby, as is a state park.
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An arbitrary unit of mass, being one-twelfth the mass of the nuclide of carbon-12, equivalent to 1.657 × 10−24 g. Called also atomic mass unit.
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For people with the surname 'Dalton', see Dalton (surname).
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In the United Kingdom
- Dalton, Cumbria, England
- Dalton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Dalton, Lancashire, England
- Dalton, Hexham, Northumberland, England
- Dalton, Ponteland, Northumberland, England
- Dalton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England
- Dalton, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England
- Dalton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Dalton, South Yorkshire, England
- Dalton, West Yorkshire, England
- Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
In the United States
- Dalton, California
- Dalton, Georgia
- Dalton, Massachusetts
- Dalton, Minnesota
- Dalton, Missouri
- Dalton, Nebraska
- Dalton, New Hampshire
- Dalton, New York, hamlet in Nunda (town), New York
- Dalton, Ohio
- Dalton, Pennsylvania
See also: Dalton Township
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People
- Surname
- Given name
- Dalton Conley, American sociologist
- Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's premier
- Dalton Alan Munaretto, Brazilian footballer
- Collective name
- The Dalton Gang, brotherhood of outlaws in the American Old West
- Jesse and Festus, once known as The Daltons, a professional wrestling tag team made up of Jesse Dalton and Festus Dalton
Other
- Dalton (Da), the atomic mass unit, named after the chemist John Dalton
- Dalton (crater), lunar crater
- The Dalton Plan, educational concept created by Helen Parkhurst
- Dalton (program), quantum chemistry software program
- The Dalton School, private school in New York City
- Dalton Transactions, scientific journal covering inorganic chemistry
- Daltons, a weekly newspaper
- Daltoni, former Yugoslav rock band
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