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Democritus made a prediction about how atoms were and looked like
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Dalton does experiments and improves on democritus's theory
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J.J. thomson discovers electrons and makes the plum pudding model of the atom
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He proved that an atom must contain a central nucleus.This was further evidence that an atom contained smaller pieces.
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He proved that electrons occupy particular orbits or shells around the nucleus of an atom
