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    1) Ancient Greek philosophers including Aristotle, Empedocles, and Democritus proposed early atomic theories, with Democritus first using the term "atom" to describe indivisible particles of matter. 2) In the 18th century, Lavoisier clarified the definition of a chemical element and proposed a theory of compound formation from elements. 3) Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, scientists including Dalton, Crookes, Roentgen, the Curies, Thomson, Planck, Einstein, Millikan, Rutherford, Bohr, De Broglie, Schrodinger, and Chadwick made discoveries that advanced understanding of atomic structure and behavior through experimentation with cathode

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    1) Ancient Greek philosophers including Aristotle, Empedocles, and Democritus proposed early atomic theories, with Democritus first using the term "atom" to describe indivisible particles of matter. 2) In the 18th century, Lavoisier clarified the definition of a chemical element and proposed a theory of compound formation from elements. 3) Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, scientists including Dalton, Crookes, Roentgen, the Curies, Thomson, Planck, Einstein, Millikan, Rutherford, Bohr, De Broglie, Schrodinger, and Chadwick made discoveries that advanced understanding of atomic structure and behavior through experimentation with cathode

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    1) Ancient Greek philosophers including Aristotle, Empedocles, and Democritus proposed early atomic theories, with Democritus first using the term "atom" to describe indivisible particles of matter. 2) In the 18th century, Lavoisier clarified the definition of a chemical element and proposed a theory of compound formation from elements. 3) Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, scientists including Dalton, Crookes, Roentgen, the Curies, Thomson, Planck, Einstein, Millikan, Rutherford, Bohr, De Broglie, Schrodinger, and Chadwick made discoveries that advanced understanding of atomic structure and behavior through experimentation with cathode

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    TIMELINE OF ATOMIC NATURE

    Between 384 – 322 BC


    Aristotle proposed that all substances are
    composed of four elements: air, earth, water
    and fire in different proportions.
    Approximately 450 BC
    Empedocles divided matter into four elements;
    air, earth, fire, and water.
    Around 500 BC
    Democritus and Leucippus proposed that
    everything is composed of very small bit of
    matter that is indivisible and called it atom (
    from the Greek word “ atomos “ meaning
    indivisible )
    1777
    Antoine Lavoisier clarified the concept of an
    element as a simple substance that could not be
    broken down by any known method of chemical
    analysis. He also devised a theory of the
    formation of chemical compounds from
    elements.
    1780s
    Charles Coulomb explained that like fluids repel
    and unlike fluids attract. This was important in
    the development of the Theory of Absolute
    Measurement, and had a great impact on
    electrical potential.
    1803
    John Dalton gathered all the findings made by
    the ancient philosophers and results of various
    experiments. He came up with Atomic Theory.
    1870s
    Sir William Crookes constructed the forerunner
    of the modern television picture tube in the
    1870s to investigate the properties of cathode
    rays.
    1896
    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-ray by
    observing the fluorescence they produced.
    1898
    Pierre Curie and his wife , Marie stated that
    radioactive materials cause atoms to break
    down spontaneously , releasing radiation in the
    form of energy and sub- atomic particles.
    1898
    Joseph John Thomson was the first to discover
    the electron.
    1900
    Max Planck stated that energy is radiated in
    small , discrete units, which he called quanta.
    1905
    Albert Einstein was known for the Special and
    General Theories of Relativity, and for his
    intelligent hypothesis concerning the particle
    nature of light.
    1908 - 1917
    Robert Millikan was known for his work in
    atomic physics and major science dealing with
    the fundamental constituents of the universe,
    the forces they exert on one another, and the
    results produced by these forces.
    1909 - 1911
    Ernest Rutherford worked on nuclear physics
    and on his theory about the structure of the
    nucleus.
    1913
    Neils Bohr made numerous contributions to our
    understanding of atomic structure and quantum
    mechanics.
    1923
    Louis De Broglie discovered that electrons had a
    dual nature similar to both particles and waves.
    He called it particle/wave duality.
    1926
    Erwin Schrodinger explained movement of an
    electron in an atom as a wave.
    1931
    • James Chadwick measured the energy of the
    protons emerging from the hydrogen atoms.

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