Atomic Events Timeline

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    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    Described his ideas of the four elements of matter
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v12xG80KcZw
  • 400

    Democritus

    Democritus
    First to create the model of the atom
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP57gEWcisY
  • Antonie Lavosier

    Antonie Lavosier
    Created the Law of Conservation
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A66gDHozXN0
  • Joseph Proust

    Joseph Proust
    Created the Law of Definite Proportions
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms
  • Amadeo Avagadro

    Amadeo Avagadro
    Theorized that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contains equal numbers of molecules
  • William Crookes

    William Crookes
    Discovered the properties of cathode rays
  • Henri Becquerel

    Henri Becquerel
    Discovered that some chemical decompose and give off very penetrating rays
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson
    Discovered the electron
  • Madame Curie

    Madame Curie
    Studied the radioactive atomic elements
  • First airplane flown

    First airplane flown
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    Published equation E=mc^2.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7DW9NIO9M
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford
    Attempted to examine the structure of the atom
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z46Bs3fRCY
  • First Model T Ford was built

    First Model T Ford was built
  • The Lincoln penny

    The Lincoln penny
    The first redesigned Lincoln Penny was released
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan
    Discovered how to find the mass of an electron
  • Henry Moseley

    Henry Moseley
    Positively charge nucleus and negatively-charged electrons
  • Max Planck

    Max Planck
    Originated the Quantum Theory
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr
    Developed a picture of atomic structure
  • Werner Heisenberg

    Werner Heisenberg
    Quantum Mechanics
  • Erwin Schrodinger

    Erwin Schrodinger
    Combined the equations for behavior of waves withe the de Broglie equation to generate a mathematical model for distribution of electrons in an atoms
  • Louis deBroglie

    Louis deBroglie
    Developed a Wave Mechanics Theory
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick
    Discovered the neutron
  • The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.

    The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • WW2 Starts

    WW2 Starts
  • First Super Bowl

    First Super Bowl
    First Super Bowl took place; Packers vs. Chiefs
  • Set foot on the moon

    Set foot on the moon
  • Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed.

    Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed.
  • iPhone 6 came out

    iPhone 6 came out