oil-drop experiment

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The oil-drop experiment was a landmark early 20th-century physics experiment that measured the elementary electric charge of the electron by observing tiny charged oil droplets suspended in an electric field.

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Millikan oil-drop apparatus 1

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Robert A. Millikan knownFor oil-drop experiment
Robert A. Millikan knownFor oil-drop experiment
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