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Date of Birth
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Early Life
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Thompson Begins to Study Cathode Rays
This lead him to:
- devise better equipment
- calculate the ratio of electric charge to mass regardless of type of gas
- discover all matter is mad up of particles smaller than an atom
- plum pudding model is developed -
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Thompson's Accomplishments Prior to Discovery of Electrons
- devised better equipment
- calculated the ratio of electric charge to mass regardless of type of gas
- discovered all matter is mad up of particles smaller than an atom
- plum pudding model is developed
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Thompson Discovers Electron
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After the Discovery of Electrons
- began studying positively charged ions / positive rays
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Wins Nobel Prize
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Thompson's Use of Techniques to Measure Mass Ratio
- channeled a stream of ionized neon through a magnetic and electronic field
- measured the charge to mass ratio
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Thompson Slightly Revises Ratio of Charge to Mass
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Thompson Does Nothing Significant in this Time Period
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Date of Death