Atomic Timeline

By GarnerC
  • the Alchemists
    500 BCE

    the Alchemists

    all metals are composed of mercury and sulfer
  • democritus
    460 BCE

    democritus

    everything is made of atoms
  • Plato
    427 BCE

    Plato

    ideal geometric forms serve as atoms
  • robert boyle

    robert boyle

    substances cannot be broken down without becoming something else.
  • Antione Lavoisier

    Antione Lavoisier

    oxygen is the key substance in combustion.
  • john Dalton

    john Dalton

    all matter is composed of atoms indivisible and indestructible building blocks.
  • billiard ball Model

    billiard ball Model

    • Made by John Dalton
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    created the first periodic table of elements
  • JJ thompson

    JJ thompson

    all atoms contain tiny negatively charged subatomic particles
  • The Curies

    The Curies

    rays are not dependent on the uranium's form, but on its atomic structure.
  • Plum Pudding Model

    Plum Pudding Model

    -made by jj thompson
    -explained electrons and nuetrons
  • albert Einstein

    albert Einstein

    any liquid is made of atoms
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    atoms have a central positively charged nucleus with negatively charged electrons
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    the theory of atomic structure in which the hydrogen atom is assumed to consist of a proton as the nucleus.
  • solar system model

    solar system model

    -made by Neils Bohr
    -represents the different parts of the atom
  • Henry G. J. Mosely

    Henry G. J. Mosely

    each successive element has a nuclear charge exactly one unit greater than its predecessor.
  • electron cloud model

    electron cloud model

    -made by Erwin Schrödinger
    -showed that electrons travel in waves
  • Erwin Schrödinger

    Erwin Schrödinger

    developed the electron cloud model
  • Robert Millikan

    Robert Millikan

    electricity is conveyed by a miniscule unit, the electron
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    discovered the neutron in atoms