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The person who coined the term "atom". He came up with many true theory's that turned out to be right but he wasnt credited with his theory's until much later.
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Experimented with gases to make modern theories of atoms. "Matter is made up of atoms that are indivisible and indestructible"
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He made a model that suggested that the atom was a sphere of positive matter and the electrons were postponed by electrostatic forces. He also discovered the electrons with his experiments.
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He did experiments that suggested that J.J. Thomsons theories were incorrect.
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He depicted that the nucleus was small and positively charged, and that the electrons orbited the nucleus. He thought that the electrons only had a certain range of motion they could follow.
