MANCHESTER celebrated last week, just a little prematurely, the centenary of John Dalton's atomic theory. It was on September 6, 1803, tnat he drew up in his notebook his first table of weights of ...

WE publish this week, as a special supplement, the substance of an address by Prof. N. Bohr on the development of the theory of atomic structure, and in particular of the latest form and ...

Bohr entered the story in 1912 when, working in the laboratory of Ernest Rutherford in Manchester, he devised a quantum theory of the atom. In Bohr’s picture, the electrons encircling the atomic ...

This led to the development of an improved theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus. "Both my great-grandfather and my grandfather inspired me greatly," Bohr said.

His Nobel Lecture in 1922 focused on the development of his atomic model, which he had ... The 1922 Nobel Lecture marked Bohr’s official recognition as one of the leading figures in atomic theory.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Atomic Theory and the Development of Modern Chemistry ” in SA Supplements Vol. 56 No. 1438supp (July 1903), p. 23043 doi:10.1038 ...