jul 15, 1909 - Oil Drop Experiment:
Performed by Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher;
Observing tiny electrically charged droplets of oil located between two parallel metal surfaces, forming the plates of a capacitor to measure the electric charge of an electron;
Offered convincing proof that electric charge exists in basic natural units
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