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Defined atom as the “smallest bit of matter”

Democritus

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said elements consist of “elementary lumpy particles”

John Dalton

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First Atomic theory, “bowling ball” model of the atom

John Dalton

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Discovered the electron with his cathode ray tube experiment

J.J. Thompson

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Came up with the “plum pudding” model of the atom

J.J. Thompson

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discovered the nucleus with his gold foil experiment

Ernest Rutherford

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said that when you vibrate atoms you get energy in whole intervals called quanta

Max Planck

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Discovered Protons

Ernest Rutherford

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Found the charge and mass of electrons with his oil drop experiment

Robert A. Millikan

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developed the planetary model of the atom

Niels Bohr

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Discovered that electrons move around the nucleus

Niels Bohr

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Discovered the neutron

James Chadwick

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