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  2. J. J. Thomson - Wikipedia

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    Joseph John Thomson was born on 18 December 1856 in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, ... JJ and GP Thomson published by the University of the Basque Country (2013)

  3. George Paget Thomson - Wikipedia

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    University of Aberdeen. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Imperial College London. Academic advisors. J. J. Thomson. Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS [1] ( / ˈtɒmsən /; 3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognized for his discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.

  4. History of atomic theory - Wikipedia

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    History of atomic theory. The current theoretical model of the atom involves a dense nucleus surrounded by a probabilistic "cloud" of electrons. Atomic theory is the scientific theory that matter is composed of particles called atoms. The definition of the word "atom" has changed over the years in response to scientific discoveries.

  5. History of mass spectrometry - Wikipedia

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    J. J. Thomson begins his study of positive rays. 1906 Thomson is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases" 1913 Thomson is able to separate particles of different mass-to-charge ratios.

  6. Vortex theory of the atom - Wikipedia

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    Vortex theory of the atom. The vortex theory of the atom was a 19th-century attempt by William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) to explain why the atoms recently discovered by chemists came in only relatively few varieties but in very great numbers of each kind. Based on the idea of stable, knotted vortices in the ether or aether, it contributed an ...

  7. Rutherford scattering experiments - Wikipedia

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    The prevailing model of atomic structure before Rutherford's experiments was devised by J. J. Thomson. Thomson had discovered the electron through his work on cathode rays and concluded that an electric current is electrons flowing from one atom to an adjacent atom in a series. When no electric current is in effect, electrons remain embedded ...

  8. Plum pudding model - Wikipedia

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    Plum pudding model. The plum pudding model is an obsolete scientific model of the atom. It was first proposed by J. J. Thomson in 1904 [1] following his discovery of the electron in 1897 and subsequently rendered obsolete by Ernest Rutherford 's discovery of the atomic nucleus in 1911. The model tried to account for two properties of atoms then ...

  9. Cavendish Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is named after the British chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish. The laboratory has had a huge influence on ...