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Electron Theory of Matter

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

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1892

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz1892

Leiden · Science / Physics

Develops an electrodynamic theory in which charged microscopic particles account for electrical and optical behaviour in matter.

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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

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