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History of the Atom

  • Aristotle
    340

    Aristotle

    Aristotle though atoms were void and not possible. He beleived that the four elements water fire earth and air. He though these were the meaning of a things.
  • Period: 340 to

    Ancient Greek Philosophers

  • Democritus
    440

    Democritus

    Democritus discover the idea of atoms. His theory started with a gold coin he said if you break it in a half and half till you cannot break it no more. He thought there was a point where you could not break something anymore He called this an atom.
  • Sir Francis Bacon
    Jan 1, 1561

    Sir Francis Bacon

    Taught everyone the you have to oberserve before you start to make theroys
  • Period: Oct 13, 1561 to

    Modern Chemists

  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    He created the boil law. If the pressure increase the volume decreases and if the pressure decreases the volume increases
  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier

    He was know as the father of Modern Chemistry. He discoved that water is made of hydrogen and oxygen.
  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    John Dalton Theroy 1) All matter is made of atoms. Atoms are indivisible and indestructible. 2) All atoms of a given element are identical in mass and properties 3) Compounds are formed by a combination of two or more different kinds of atoms. 4) A chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms. He created this theory and it is still being worked with today. He is a true founder of modern chemistry.
  • JJ Thomson

    JJ Thomson

    He discoved the electron and used cathode ray tubes to and to dermine the mass and raitio of the electron is 1.759 x 108 coulombs/ gram.
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    He discoved alpha and beta rays emitting from radium.
  • Niels Bohr

    Niels Bohr

    He discoved that electons do not spiral into the nuculus and came up with rules on how it acually works.
  • Empedocles

    Empedocles

    Empedocles seprated invisible matter into fire water air and earth