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  • 440 B.C.- Democritus
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    440 B.C.- Democritus

    Democritus stated that once you cut something inhalf enough times, then you won't be able to cut it anymore.
  • 382 B.C.- Aristotle
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    382 B.C.- Aristotle

    Aristotle believed you can never end up with a particle that won't break, you can even break an atom.
  • Dalton

    Dalton

    Dalton's theory was that atoms can not be cut or destroyed, they are all exactly alike, and two of them put together make a new substance.
  • Thomson

    Thomson

    Electrons are located throughout the atom like plums in pudding.
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    Particlesspread out quickly when they hit another substance, for example, gold foil.
  • Rutherford

    Rutherford

    The electrons surround the nucleus.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr said the electrons move around the nucleus in paths.