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dec 29, 1952 - Robert Millikan

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Robert Millikan's main contribution to the atomic theory was proving and extending J.J. Thomson’s research. He did this by his famous oil drop experiment which measured the charge of an electron which succeeded and proved that subatomic particles did exist.

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dec 29, 1952
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~ 72 years ago