Millikan biographical r obert andrews millikan was born on the 22nd of march, 1868, in morrison, ill. Millikan s lifetime the number of physicists in the united states doubled about every ten years, and the laboratory space and research funds at their disposal grew even faster. At maquoketa high school, millikan was an excellent student. His grandparents were of the old new england stock which had come to america before 1750, and were pioneer settlers in the middle west. Phd em 1895 university of chicago, 1896 a 1921 caltech, 1921 a 1945. He was of native american stock, raised in the large and cheerful family of an iowa preacher. Following the receipt of his doctors degree in 1895 millikan decided on pupins insistenceand since a satisfactory job did not appearto study in germany. Millikan oildrop experiment, first direct and compelling measurement of the electric charge of a single electron. Medina philippe gouffon ifusp 2011 ifusp 20 email protected email protected robert a. The millikan family, which included several other children in addition to robert, moved to maquoketa, iowa, in 1875. Fisica 088 teoria del experimento millikan i youtube. After he graduated in 1886, he was employed for a short period as a court reporter before enrolling in oberlin college in ohio. The force on any electric charge in an electric field is equal to. Click on logo to return to aip home page american institute of physics one physics ellipse, college park, md 207403843 email.
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