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Atomic Theory Timeline

  • Atoms first introduced
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    Atoms first introduced

    Democritus states that all matter is made up of particles called atoms.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Said that atoms are identical and have the same mass.
  • Electricity and Electrons

    Electricity and Electrons

    George Johnstone Stoney discovered that electricity was made of negatively charged particles, later known as electrons.
  • Light Bulb Invented

    Light Bulb Invented

    Thomas Edison demonstrates his light bulb that glows for forty hours. Electricity is used to power the light bulb
  • Cathode Ray Tube Invented

    Cathode Ray Tube Invented

    Karl Ferdidnand Braun introduced the cathode ray tube with a flourescent tube.
  • Thomson's Atomic Theory

    Thomson's Atomic Theory

    J J Thomson said that the atom was postively charged and contained negatively charged particles called electrons.
  • Gold Foil Experiment

    Gold Foil Experiment

    Ernest Rutherford used the gold foil experiment to find that the nucleus is dense and positive charged. He discovered the proton.
  • Electron Orbitals

    Electron Orbitals

    Neils Bohr said the atomic structure of an atom as "successive orbital shells of electron".
  • Behavior of sub-atomic particles

    Behavior of sub-atomic particles

    Erwin Schrodinger said that an electron's movement was like that of a wave.
  • Television Invented

    Television Invented

    John Logie Baird publicly demonstrates his television. The television uses the cathode ray tube.
  • Discovery of the Neutron

    Discovery of the Neutron

    James Chadwick discovered the neutron
  • Splitting the Atom

    Splitting the Atom

    John Crofton and Ernest Walton split the atom's nucleus, proving Einstein's theory of relitivity.
  • Hiroshima Bombed

    Hiroshima Bombed

    Little Boy is dropped on the enemy city of Hiroshima, Japan and kills 100,000 people during WWII. The atomic bomb was made by splitting the atom.

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