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What is an atomic theory?

What is an atomic theory? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (physics) The theory that all gross matter is composed of atoms.
  2. (physics) Any of several theories that explain the structure of the atom, and of subatomic particles.
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During the year of 1801, Dalton addressed an atomic theory of how air was not a complex substance but it was a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen.
For Darwin, each seed is a tiny universe, and in his poetic fashion, Darwin anticipates the poetry of modern atomic theory.
In 1847-49 he collaborated with Stokes on hydrodynamical studies, which Thomson applied to electrical and atomic theory.
Like the atomic theory itself, Avogadro's law is an outcome of physical work and of physical reasoning.
While experimenting with air, Boyle began to promote his atomic theory, which is the foundation for our modern understanding of matter.
There he worked with Born on atomic theory, writing a joint paper with him on helium.

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