jan 3, 1897 - Joseph Thompson discoveres
the electron
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With the Cathode Ray Tube experiment, he discovered that in the Atom there was a negative charge. He knew that opposite charges repel, so he put a magnet against the ray. With the positive side of the magnet, the ray got attracted, with the negative side of the magnet, the ray repeled.
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