Millikan by Garrett Sundra https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh American Experimental Physicist en-us 2021-11-07 02:20:49 UTC 2025-02-11 18:08:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GEljh88Dqoc/TWNmHf_7HDI/AAAAAAAAByY/-e4TGNRpRjE/s1600/Robert%2BMillikan.jpg Born: March 22, 1868 gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872172194 2021-11-07 02:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872172194 Died: December 19, 1953 gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872172558 2021-11-07 02:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872172558 Won Nobel Peace Prize gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872175691 2021-11-07 02:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872175691 Graduated from Oberlin College in 1891 gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872176534 2021-11-07 02:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872176534 Obtained his doctorate at Columbia University in 1895. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872178005 2021-11-07 02:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872178005 He succeeded in precisely determining the magnitude of the electron's charge. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872181413 2021-11-07 02:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872181413 He showed that their charge always was a multiple of a precisely determined charge - the electron's charge. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872182320 2021-11-07 02:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872182320 Citation: Robert A. Millikan – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2021. Sat. 6 Nov 2021. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1923/millikan/facts/> gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872184764 2021-11-07 02:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872184764 He is known for the Oil drop experiment measuring the charge of the electron Photoelectric effect Cosmic ray physics gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872185931 2021-11-07 02:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872185931 He moved to Pasadena, California to work at Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He took the position as the director. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872189212 2021-11-07 02:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872189212 The birthplace of Millikan was located in Morrison, Illinois. He attended the high school in Iowa. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872190699 2021-11-07 02:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872190699 Millikan’s wife was Greta Ervin Blanchard. The couple married in 1902. They were blessed with three kids. They were Clark, Glenn and Max. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872191328 2021-11-07 02:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872191328 Has a library named after him gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872192511 2021-11-07 02:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872192511 The US Postal Service issued his postage stamp to honor him on 26th January 1982. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872192708 2021-11-07 02:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872192708 He created many introductory textbooks. gsundra24 https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872193453 2021-11-07 02:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gsundra24/xeahfqhqg4bbrtlh/wish/1872193453