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Reply to Th. Sexl's Criticism of R. A. Millikan's Method of Computation of the Elementary Electrical Charge on Mercury Droplets
Phys. Rev. 26, 97 – Published 1 July, 1925
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.26.97
Abstract
It is shown that Sexl's test method is in error because it is based upon the assumption that the droplets remain of the same size throughout the observations. Data are given which prove that because of evaporation such is not the case. Errors, also, are shown in his computations, which, when corrected give results approximating those by the Millikan method, with the difference in favor of the Millikan method.
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- Th. Sexl, preceding paper
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