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Electron Diffraction Through Metal Foils

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

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1927

George Paget Thomson1927

Aberdeen · Science / Physics

Independently demonstrates electron diffraction by transmitting fast electrons through thin metal foils.

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George Paget Thomson

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