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Dalton thought atoms were like tiny marbles, or rigid spheres that are impossible to break. Dalton used bricks to try and explain his reasoning.

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What Dalton discover?

Dalton discovered the particles that make the atom and the atom itself


When did Dalton come up with the atom?

Dalton didn't discover the atom. Democritus did. Dalton, however was the first to use the word atom. which comes from the GGreek word atomos, meaning "cannot be split"


Where did john Dalton find the atom?

john dalton didnt find the atom democrites did... john dalton was reading and found the word atomos in a journal and decided he would change the name to atom meaning undivisible.


Who formed the atomic theory model of the atom and was an English schoolteacher?

John Dalton


What did John Dalton imagine atoms to be?

spherical shape


When did john Dalton dicover the atom?

in 1803


Dalton- contribution of atom?

he gave it food


Who discovered the atom and when?

John Dalton in 1803


When was atom is discovered?

The atom was discorvered by john dalton in the early 1800's


Who proposed that all atoms cannot be divided or destroyed and that atoms of the same element are exactly the same?

Dalton. Dalton's atomic theory stated that atoms are indivisible and indestructible and unchangeable.


Which item best represents Dalton mental image of an atom?

Dalton's mental image of an atom was a hard sphere that was the same throughout.


How is Thomson's model of the atom different from Dalton's model of the atom?

Dalton described atoms as solid spheres. Thomson discovered the the atom also contained negatively charged particles called electrons distributed in such a way that the atom had no charge.