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feb 24, 1894 - J.J Thomson

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He used a vacuum to study the cathode rays that followed the electric discharge. He concluded that all matter is made up of matter, he discovered electrons, and he disproved the theory that the atom was the smallest fundamental unit.

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feb 24, 1894
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~ 132 years ago

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