By Niam
Class:5KP
Science:5HL
Introduction
• In the following slides you will find
information about four famous scientists.
They are William Henry, James Prescott Joule,
John Dalton and Ernest Rutherford...
William Henry
1774 to 1836
William Henry (Facts)
William Henry was born on the 12th of
December, 1774 in Manchester and died on the
2nd of September 1836. He was an English
Chemist and he was the son of Thomas Henry.
what is now called Henrys law, which states that
the amount of a gas absorbed by a liquid is in
proportion to the pressure of the gas above the
liquid, provided that no chemical action occurs.
James Prescott Joule
1818 to 1889
James Prescott Joule (Facts)
James Prescott Joule was an English physicist
and brewer. He was born on the 24th of
December, 1818 in Salford and died on the 11th
of October, 1889 in Sale. James invented the
unit of measurement called the Joule and also
got help from William Thompson.
John Dalton
1766 to 1844
John Dalton (Facts)
• John Dalton was an English chemist,
meteorologist and physicist. He was born on
the 6th of September 1766, Cockermouth and
died on the 27th of July 1844, Manchester. He
invented the atomic theory and introduced
the basic concepts on which the modern
periodic table is based.
Ernest Rutherford
1871 to 1937
Ernest Rutherford (Facts)
• Ernest Rutherford was born on the 30th of
August, 1871, Brightwater and died on the
19th of October, 1937, Cambridge. He was a
British chemist and physicist who became
known as the father of nuclear physics. Albert
Einstein called him “a second Newton,” due to
his great invention.
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