Rutherford, Ernest

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A British physicist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Rutherford discovered the existence of atomic nuclei. He proposed the current picture of the atom, in which most of the mass of the atom is in the nucleus, with electrons revolving around the nucleus.

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Example sentences from the Web for Rutherford, Ernest

In the edited conversation below, Earley, 53, talks of Ernest Hemingway, technical challenges, and stumbling toward the light.
Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends|Mindy Farabee|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Year after year they have to endure the torment of being required to live up to the role that Ernest Hemingway gave them.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now that the virus is mostly gone, their immune systems may be “forgetting” the disease, Rutherford said.
A Fully Vaccinated Woman Contracted and Then Spread Measles. WTF?|Elizabeth Lopatto|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At first glance, the late Sir Ernest Gowers looks—to put it bluntly—like a bit of a W——-.
Will Jargon Be the Death of the English Language?|The Telegraph|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So far, so dull—except there was a lot more to Sir Ernest Gowers than that.
Will Jargon Be the Death of the English Language?|The Telegraph|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ernest called out; "you have forgotten your money;" and he held out a purse, but the man was gone.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The conversation with the muleteer had been, thus far, carried on in Spanish—which Ernest spoke fairly enough.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The initial syllables of Ulysses and of Rutherford make an inclusion by sound.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
As Ernest approached, the sound of whispered words caught his ear.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Ernest's voice rings clear above the school now, like the Declaration of Independence.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

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