Millikan
Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1923.
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That’s when the officer, who Long Beach school officials said in a statement was “conducting safe passage for students” leaving the Millikan campus, happened upon the scene.
California Teen on Life Support After Being Shot by School Safety Officer While She Was Driving Away | Justin Rohrlich | September 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastRodriguez is not currently a student at Millikan, authorities said.
California Teen on Life Support After Being Shot by School Safety Officer While She Was Driving Away | Justin Rohrlich | September 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastMillikan's charge carriers were minute oil drops, which were given elementary charges by means of ionizing rays from radium.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousFrom cowpunching he had graduated into the tough little body of territorial rangers at the head of which was "Hurry Up" Millikan.
Bucky O'Connor | William MacLeod RaineHe had been thinking of how he must report almost immediately to HurryUp Millikan, of the rangers.
Bucky O'Connor | William MacLeod Raine
It is a condenser and adapter of the cosmic force that you call the Millikan rays.
Howard and his guest drove to Millikan's Draw, for the wound of the latter was still too new to stand so long a horseback ride.
A Texas Ranger | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for Millikan
/ (ˈmɪlɪkən) /
Robert Andrews. 1868–1953, US physicist. He measured the charge of an electron (1910), verified Einstein's equation for the photoelectric effect (1916), and studied cosmic rays; Nobel prize for physics 1923
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Scientific definitions for Millikan
[ mĭl′ĭ-kən ]
American physicist who measured the electron charge and experimentally verified Einstein's equation describing the photoelectric effect. For this work he received the 1923 Nobel Prize for physics. Milllikan also proved the existence of (and coined the term for) cosmic rays.
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