Atomic Timeline

  • 465 BCE

    Democritus

    Democritus
    Proved that when matter is broken similar properties stay.
  • 427 BCE

    Plato

    Plato
    Proved that geometric forms serve as atoms.
  • 1200

    The Alchemists

    The Alchemists
    All metals were formed from 2 principles- Mercury and Sulfur
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle
    Published "The Sceptical Chymist" relationship between pressure and volume of air.
  • Antone Lavoisier

    Matter was composed of atoms that were not created or destroyed
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    Atomic theory of matter, law of multiple proportion.
  • Billiard Ball Model

    Billiard Ball Model
    Atoms ball-like can't be divided any further, made by John Dalton.
  • Amadeo Avogadro

    Amadeo Avogadro
    Equal volumes of gases contain equal numbers of molecules and elemental gases composed of 2 atoms.
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev
    Made the periodic table, which is a table with the elements arranged.
  • JJ Thompson

    JJ Thompson
    Atoms are composed positively charge sphere with negatively charged electrons.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Atom has small dense nucleus of protons and neutrons.
  • Pierre and Marie Curie

    Pierre and Marie Curie
    Radioactive particles atoms breakdown and release radiation.
  • Plum Pudding Model

    Plum Pudding Model
    Electrons negatively charged subatomic particles, made by JJ Thompson.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Mathematically proved existence of atoms and their motion.
  • Henry G.J. Mosely

    Henry G.J. Mosely
    Atomic number is positive charges in nucleus.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Revolutionized understanding atomic structure and quantum theory.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Discovered change of and individual electron and confirming existence.
  • Solar System Model

    Solar System Model
    Illustrate relative positions and motions of planets and moons.
  • Erwin Shrodinger

    Erwin Shrodinger
    Shrodinger equation, for energy levels of electrons to be calculated.
  • Electron Cloud Model

    Electron Cloud Model
    Shows most probable position of electrons, by Shrodinger.
  • James Chadwich

    James Chadwich
    All matter us composed of different particles known as atoms.