Dalton is credited with developing the Law of Multiple Proportions.
The law of multiple proportions is so fundamental to chemistry; it
is hard to imagine a chemist working without it.
Baking
x lbs ingredient A + y lbs ingredient B --> product
Chemistry
x lbs molecule A + y lbs molecule B --> AB product
When making cookies, you can increase the amount of flour, without increasing the amount of sugar, and the product is still a cookie.
But according to Dalton's theory of multiple proportion, if you
increase the amount of A, you must make increase the amount of B in order to make more AB.
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