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On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant

R. A. Millikan.

  • Ryerson Physical Laboratory, University of Chicago,

Phys. Rev. 2, 109 – Published 1 August, 1913

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.2.109

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