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Discovery of Electrons

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1838–1897Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1838

Richard Laming1838

Science / Physics

Between 1838 and 1851, British natural philosopher Richard Laming developed the idea that an atom is composed of a core of matter surrounded by subatomic particles that had unit electric charge

1897

Joseph John Thomson1897

Science / Physics

Discovers the electron

Names involved

Joseph John ThomsonRichard Laming

Provenance

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