1. By: Aaron Blume Physical Science White 2
Sir Joseph Thomson
By: Aaron Blume
Physical Science
White 2

2. Birth Born in Cheetham Hill A suburb of Manchester, England
Born on December 18, 1856
Died in 1940 due to natural causes

3. Experiment 1 In 1897 Thomson discovered the electron.
Studied the nature of electric discharge in a high-vacuum cathode-ray tube.

4. Experiment 2
1904, suggested that atom was shape of sphere.

5. Last Experiment Tried to figure out nature of positive molecules
Led to the development of the mass spectroscope

6. Books Wrote the Application of Dynamics and Chemistry
Wrote the Treatise on the Motion of Vortex Rings

7. More Books
Wrote Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism
Also wrote Properties of Matter
Wrote Elements of the Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism

8. Prizes
He won the Nobel Prize in 1937
Won the Adams Prize in 1894

9. Knight
Knighted in 1908
By the Queen of England

10. Family Married Rose Elisabeth
Had one kid named Sir George Paget Thomson

11. Bibliography
Prize, Nobel. "J. J. Thomson." Biography Nobel Prize, Web. 23 Feb <
Science Text Book
Unknown, . "Joseph John Thomson." Chemical Achievers Chemical Heritage Organization, Web. Feb <