Atomic Model Timeline

  • 430 BCE

    Democritus

    Democritus
    He proposed the reality of atoms and that they created the universe.
  • 427 BCE

    Plato

    Plato
    Siad that atoms are ideal geometric forms.
  • 122 BCE

    The Alchemists

    The Alchemists
    Created process which allowed for discovery of the atom.
  • Solar System Model

    Solar System Model
    Galileo Galilei created
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle
    Created an atomic theory that stated all matter was composed of minute particles only different by shape & motion.
  • Antone Lavoisier

    Antone Lavoisier
    Contributed to the atomic model.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    Stated that atoms differ in size and mass.
  • Billiard Ball Model

    Billiard Ball Model
    John Dalton created
  • Amedeo Avogadro

    Amedeo Avogadro
    Stated that atoms have relatively the same size.
  • Dmitri Mandeleev

    Dmitri Mandeleev
    The creator of the periodic table.
  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    Pierre and Marie Curie
    Proved that radioactive particles cause atoms to break down.
  • J.J. Thomphson

    J.J. Thomphson
    Discovered that the electron had a negative charge.
  • Plum Pudding Model

    Plum Pudding Model
    JJ Thomphson created
  • Albert Einstien

    Albert Einstien
    Created an atomic theory that stated all mater is made of atoms.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Discovered how much space an atom takes up.
  • Robert Milikan

    Robert Milikan
    Measured the charge of an electron
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Developed Bohr atom model which stated that electrons were negatively charged and orbit the nucleus.
  • Henry G.J. Mosley

    Henry G.J. Mosley
    Proved that the atomic number of an element can predict its physical properties.
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich
    Stated that all mater is composed of different particles known as atoms and identified the nucleus.
  • Electron Cloud Model

    Electron Cloud Model
    Eruin Schordinger created it.