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Monster Essays - Robert Andrew Millikan
Robert Andrew Millikan
In 1909 Robert Andrew Millikan set up an apparatus to measure the charge
of an electron within an accuracy range of 3%. In 1913 he came out with a
value of the electrical charge that would serve the world of science for a
generation.
Young Millikan had a childhood like most others: he had no idea what his
profession would be. Once he recalled trying to jump from a rowboat to a dock,
falling in the water, and almost drowning. Here he had his first account with
physics - Newton’s Third Law of Motion: "For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction". Even in High School Physics courses Millikan was not so
spirited, which may....
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