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apr 4, 1897 - Discovery of the Electron

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Experimenting with cathode ray tubes, J. J. Thomson identifies that electonrs make up cathoder rays. He also calculated the mass of the electons and developed the plum pudding model.

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apr 4, 1897
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~ 129 years ago

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