Atomic model timeline

  • Democritus
    400 BCE

    Democritus

    • said everything is composed of atoms
    • imaged the fisrt sight of an atom
  • Plato
    400 BCE

    Plato

    • ideal geometric forms seve as atoms
  • JJ Thompson
    1197

    JJ Thompson

    • discovered the electron
    • all matter is made of a particle smaller than an atom
  • The alchemists
    1400

    The alchemists

    • treated metal and ores to try and create gold
    • created a scientific theory that would be used to discover an atom
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    • created a theory that matter is composed of tiny particles
    • exposed chemical changes
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    • suggested that all matter is made of tiny particles called atoms
  • Amedeo avogadro

    Amedeo avogadro

    • contributed to the atomic theory that elemental gasses have equal number of molecules and are made of two elements
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    • made the first periodic table
    • discovered elements not yet found in the wild
  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    Pierre and Marie Curie

    • Conducted experiments with radiology and discovered palomuim and Raduim.
  • Albert Einsten

    Albert Einsten

    • math proved the existence of atoms and their random motion
  • Robert millikan

    Robert millikan

    • figured out the charge of an electron
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    • reacherched atomic and nuclear physics
    • added scientific ideas about atoms
  • neils bohr

    neils bohr

    • atomic theory states that an atom is like a planetery model because it orbits the center.
  • Henry G.J Mosley

    Henry G.J Mosley

    • discovered the atomic number of the elements.
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich

    • discovered neutrons