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History of Atomic Theory

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    Democritus

    Democritus
    Proposed that earliest views on the shapes and connectivity of atoms. (460 BC)
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton
    proposed an atomic theory with spherical atomic atoms based upon maeasurable properties of mass
  • jj thomson

    jj thomson
    studied canal rays and found they were associated with th proton H+
  • ERNEST RUTHERFORD

    ERNEST RUTHERFORD
    Studied radiations emitted from uranium and thorium and named them Alpha and Beta.
  • Niel Bohr

    Niel Bohr
    Developed an explanation of atomic structure that underlies regularities of the periodic table of elements. His atomic model had atoms built up of successive orbital shells of electrons.