The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around on dry goods boxes at every corner [viz. the cubic atom], ready to shake hands with, or hold on to similar loafer electrons in other atoms.


'Atomism in Modern Physics', Journal of the Chemical Society, 1924, 1411

Robert Andrews Millikan Quotes

The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around on...

The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around on...

The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around on...

The chemist in America has in general been content with what I have called a loafer electron theory. He has imagined the electrons sitting around on...