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Greaks (Democritus)
The atomistic theory began as an endeavor to overcome the odd logical consequences of the Eleatic school [Abdera, 460 - 370 BC] -
J.Dalton
If there are two elements that can combine, their combinations will happen in a set sequence. The first compound will have one atom of A and one of B -
W.Crookes
investigation was the discovery of a new member of the rare earths, monium or victorium, the spectrum of which is characterized by an isolated group of lines -
JJ.Thomson
He enrolled at Owens College, Manchester, in 1870, and in 1876 entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a minor scholar -
E. Rutherford
Rutherford returned to England in 1907 to become Langworthy Professor of Physics in the University of Manchester, succeeding Sir Arthur Schuster, and in 1919 he accepted an invitation to succeed Sir Joseph Thomson as Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
