Heinemann Grammar Elementary with key

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By such means was he able to arrive at the relative weights of the known elements. He wasnБЂ™t always terribly accurate-oxygenБЂ™s atomic weight is actually sixteen, not seven-but the principle was sound and formed the basis for all of modern chemistry and much of the rest of modern science. The work made Dalton famous-albeit in a low-key, English Quaker sort of way. In 1826, the French chemist P .J. Pelletier traveled to Manchester to meet the atomic hero. Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street. According to the scientific historian E. J. Holmyard, a confused Pelletier, upon beholding the great man, stammered: БЂњEst-ce que jБЂ™ai lБЂ™honneur de mБЂ™addresser ц  Monsieur Dalton?БЂ« for he could hardly believe his eyes that this was the chemist of European fame, teaching a boy his first four rules. БЂњYes,БЂ« said the matter-of-fact Quaker. БЂњWilt thou sit down whilst I put this lad right about his arithmetic?БЂ« Although Dalton tried to avoid all honors, he was elected to the Royal Society against his wishes, showered with medals, and given a handsome government pension ...