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Hisytory Of The Atom by Harshita Pachigolla

By PMurphy
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    Aristole

    Aristole
    Aristotle was a teacher at his school he called Lyceum. He was influence by books, but he was really dedicated to science. He stated that all sibstances were made from the 4 elements:
    Earth
    Wind
    Fire
    Water
    He later then escaped to Macedonia for about a year to continue his study of Biology.
  • 460

    Democritus

    Democritus
    Democritus
    22 Jan 460 Democrtitus was born in Greek and he discovered the atom. He oducted an experient where he broke apart a seashell until a powder was only left. He then tried to break the tiniest piece of the powder and he didn't succeed. Therefore, he decided to name it atom, which in greek means "invisible."
  • Jhon Dalton

    Jhon Dalton
    John Dalton
    22 Jan 1800 John Dalton transformed Democritus' ideas on atoms into a scientific theory. He stated that all matter is made up of tiny particles that we call atoms and that the atoms from divergent elements would combine in small numerical ratios to form chemical compounds.
  • J.J thompson

    J.J thompson
    J.J Thomson
    22 Jan 1897 J.J Thomson discovered the elctron while conducting the Cathode Ray experiment. By adding a cathode ray rube he ascertained that all of the moving pieces were electrons.
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Robert Millikan
    22 Jan 1909 Robert Millikan determined the mass and charge of the of the elctron. He conducted the oil drop experiment and found that the mass from the drop of the oil, he calculated the charge on an electron.
  • Ernest Ruthford

    Ernest Ruthford
    Ernest Ruthford
    22 Jan 1912 Ernest Ruthford was born in New Zealand. He discovered the nucleus when he conducted the goldfoil experiment. He made a hypothesis and model of his results.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Neils Bohr
    22 Jan 1913 Neils Bohr was born in Denmark. He discovered the proton. He won the Nobel Prize in 1922.
  • Sir James Chadwick

    Sir James Chadwick
    Sir James Chadwick
    22 Jan 1932 Sir James Chadwick was born in the United Kingdom. In 1935, he was also awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the nuetron.