Focus: Landmarks–Millikan Measures the Electron’s Charge
The Millikan oil drop experiment, published in final form in 1913, demonstrated that charge comes in discrete chunks and was a bridge between classical electromagnetism and modern quantum physics. Published Fri Jan 20, 2012...
Source: Physics - APS - Friday, 20 January
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