The scientist Robert Millikan

Robert Millikan

Living place: Iowa

Birthday: 22-3-1868

Global rank: #59165

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Who is The scientist Robert Millikan?
Physicist who became the second American to win the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work measuring the charge of electrons. He coined the term "cosmic rays" to describe radiation of extraterrestrial origin.
His famous oil drop experiment was to let droplets of oil fall in a test chamber, and then suspend them in the air through a magnetic field.
 
 

Young / Before famous

During World War I, he worked on the military applications of aeronautics and meteorology.

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He was born in the small town of maquoketa, Iowa, to his father a congregation minister and his mother a former women's rector at a small college.

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Enrico Fermi, an atomic scientist, won the Nobel Prize for his contributions many years after Millikan.

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When was The scientist Robert Millikan born?
Robert Millikan was born in 22-3-1868, death year is , at the age of 156.
Where is The scientist Robert Millikan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Robert Millikan was born in Iowa, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Robert Millikan's global rank is 59165 and whose rank is 297 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1868 and 22-3

Birthday Robert Millikan (22-3) in history

  • Day 22-3 year 1765: The Stamp Act was enacted by Britain on the American colonies.
  • Day 22-3 year 1820: U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
  • Day 22-3 year 1894: The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
  • Day 22-3 year 1895: Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
  • Day 22-3 year 1945: The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
  • Day 22-3 year 1972: Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.
  • Day 22-3 year 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
  • Day 22-3 year 2012: Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.
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