Hydrogen

Atomic Timeline

  • Democritus
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    Democritus

    First recorded person to state that all matter is made of invisible particles called atoms.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Went further with the atom stating all atoms as a massed form are called elements and are pure.
  • J.J. Thomson

    J.J. Thomson

    Found the electron, but did not have it orbiting the nucleus.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Studied radiation and found Uranium and Thorium.
  • Period: to

    Robert Milliken

    Found the charge and the mass of an electron.
  • Neils Bohr

    Neils Bohr

    Created the atomic model for the orbital shell design.
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered the Neutron which helped to get to today's model.