Robert Millikan's oil-drop apparatus
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This photograph of Millikan's oil-drop apparatus was taken in Ryerson Laboratory at the University of Chicago during his series of oil-drop experiments by which he eventually measured the charge on the electron, e. This photo shows the same setup but is not identical to photo 1.26-1, which was published in Millikan's book, The Electron, in 1917.
ca. 1911-1917
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- Robert Millikan's oil-drop apparatus. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://archives-dc.library.caltech.edu/islandora/object/ct1%3A3867. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Robert Millikan's oil-drop apparatus. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://archives-dc.library.caltech.edu/islandora/object/ct1%3A3867
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://archives-dc.library.caltech.edu/islandora/object/ct1%3A3867>.