Gold Foil Experiment (nov 11, 1908 – jun 24, 1913)
Description:
he shot a beam of alpha particles at a sheet of gold foil, a few of the particles were deflected. He concluded that a tiny, dense nucleus was causing the deflections.Added to timeline:
Date:
nov 11, 1908
jun 24, 1913
~ 4 years and 7 months