Millikan oil-drop experiment — First method for direct measurement of the electric charge of a single electron, originally performed in 1909 by Robert Millikan. He used a microscope to measure the rate of descent of tiny oil droplets directed through the top of a box. By… … Universalium
méthode de Millikan — Milikeno metodas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Millikan method vok. Millikanscher Versuch, m rus. метод Милликена, m pranc. méthode de Millikan, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Robert Andrews Millikan — Infobox Scientist name = Robert A. Millikan imagesize = 180px birth date = birth date|mf=yes|1868|3|22 birth place = Morrison, Illinois, USA nationality = United States death date = death date and age|mf=yes|1953|12|19|1868|3|22 death place = San … Wikipedia
Milikeno metodas — statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Millikan method vok. Millikanscher Versuch, m rus. метод Милликена, m pranc. méthode de Millikan, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Millikanscher Versuch — Milikeno metodas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Millikan method vok. Millikanscher Versuch, m rus. метод Милликена, m pranc. méthode de Millikan, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
метод Милликена — Milikeno metodas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Millikan method vok. Millikanscher Versuch, m rus. метод Милликена, m pranc. méthode de Millikan, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Oil drop experiment — Millikan s setup for the oil drop experiment The oil drop experiment was an experiment performed by Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge (the charge of the electron). The experiment entailed… … Wikipedia
atom — /at euhm/, n. 1. Physics. a. the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical… … Universalium
Oil-drop experiment — The purpose of Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher s oil drop experiment (1909) was to measure the electric charge of the electron. They did this by carefully balancing the gravitational and electric forces on tiny charged droplets of oil… … Wikipedia
Nobel Prize controversies — Nobel Prize Awarded for Outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, identified with the Nobel Prize, is awarded for… … Wikipedia