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460 BC Democritus

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460 BC Democritus. The Greek philosopher Democritus theorised on the existence of atoms. The reasoning behind his theory was that there had to be a point whereby matter could not be broken down any further. The matter remaining at that point is the atom. Democritus’ theories were disregarded by Aristotle and so the it was not until the 18th – 19th centuries that people started to question the structure of matter.
1803 AD John Dalton. The English chemist , Dalton, performed experiments proving that matter did consist of basic particles-atoms-just like Democritus theorised. These experiments were designed to prove that elements compounded together will have fixed ratios. Dalton’s theories on atom indivisibility, and identity of element’s

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