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he theorized everything was made atoms
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Proposed a mechanical universe with small solid masses in motion.
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Proposed an "atomic theory" with spherical solid atoms based upon measurable properties of mass.
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Studied the effect of electricity on solutions, coined term "electrolysis" as a splitting of molecules with electricity, developed laws of electrolysis. Faraday himself was not a proponent of atomism.
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Built one of the first gas discharge tubes ("cathode ray tube").
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Proposed that electricity was made of discrete negative particles he called electrons ". (Link to info on electrons)
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Used a CRT to experimentally determine the charge to mass ratio (e/m) of an electron =1.759 x 10 8 coulombs/gram. "plumb pudding model"
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Studied radiations emitted from uranium and thorium and named them alpha and beta.Studied uranium and thorium and called their spontaneous decay process "radioactivity". atoms mostly empty
