1. Sarah Vulakovich and Nick DeBortoli Period 1
Robert Millikan
Sarah Vulakovich and Nick DeBortoli
Period 1

2. Overview 1868-1953 American Physicist Discovered the electric charge
Received Nobel Prize
Developed meteorological devices and anti-submarine systems in WWI

3. Education Attended Oberlin College in Ohio
Appointed to a fellowship in physics at Columbia University
Received Ph. D. in 1895

4. Oil Drop Experiment Determined the size of the chare of an electron
Charge of electron = 1.6 x C
C = Coulomb
Mass of electron = x kg/electron
Essentially 0
Helped promote:
Bohr’s quantum theory
Einstein’s photoelectric equation

5. Nobel Prize Received in 1923 for physics
Got it for "his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect"

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