Arguments on the Chemical Structure of water Dalton's suggestion for water: HO, oXygen is eight times as heavy as hydrogen Joseph gay-Lussac's finding of water 2 liters hydrogen gas 1 liter oxygen gas -2 liters water vapor molecular formular for water should be H2O 0 Hydrogen Oxyg Water Hydrogen Water 12 liters) (1 liter) (1 liter? (2 liters) (1 lite [2 litersArguments on the Chemical Structure of Water Dalton’s suggestion for water: HO, oxygen is eight times as heavy as hydrogen. Joseph Gay-Lussac’s finding of water: 2 liters hydrogen gas + 1 liter oxygen gas → 2 liters water vapor molecular formular for water should be H2O