The Development of the Atomic Theory. Complete in seven parts, as printed in Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1910 - 1911

The 7 papers of Meldrum that appeared 1910-1911 in "Manchester Memoirs" under the title The Development of the Atomic Theory . Not to be confused with the 13-page work of the same title published 1920 at Oxford by Humphrey Milford. Early photocopies, each well stapled and made sturdy by each internal leaf being composed of one folded sheet. The papers run from 1 February 1910 [Vol. liv, No. 7] to 12 June, 1911 [Vol. lv, No. 22]. The titles are: (1) Berthollet's Doctrine of Variable Proportions pp. 16 / (2) The Various Accounts of the Origin of Dalton's Theory pp. 12 / (3) Newton's Theory, and its Influence in the Eighteenth Century pp. 15 / (4) Dalton's Physical Atomic Theory pp. 22 / (5) Dalton's Chemical Theory pp. 18 / (6) The Reception Accorded to the Theory Advocated by Dalton pp. 10 / [7) The rival Claims of William Higgins and John Dalton pp. 11.