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On the Elementary Electrical Charge and the Avogadro Constant
Phys. Rev. 2, 109 – Published 1 August, 1913
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.2.109
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Landmarks—Millikan Measures the Electron’s Charge
Published 20 January, 2012
The Millikan oil drop experiment, published in final form in 1913, demonstrated that charge comes in discrete chunks and was a bridge between classical electromagnetism and modern quantum physics.
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