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PROF. J. R. PARTINGTON1 has disputed the claim I made in my book, “The Story of Atomic Energy”2, that William Higgins and not John Dalton was the originator of the modern atomic theory, to which Prof. F. A. Paneth3, in reviewing the book, had directed attention. However, Prof. Partington omitted to mention what I had stated to be Higgins's main claim to fame and ten times more interesting than anything Dalton did. Hence, I trust readers of Nature will consider this fresh evidence before making up their minds on the issue.
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SODDY, F. William Higgins and John Dalton. Nature 167, 734–735 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167734c0
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