The atomic doctrine, in whole or in part, was entertained by Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Newton, Boyle, and their successors, until the chemical law of multiple proportions enabled Dalton to confer upon it an entirely new significance.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_BELFA21", "2474608"