Robert Andrews Millikan Quote

The word "electron" was first suggested in 1891 by Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney as a name for the "natural unit of electricity," namely, that quantity of electricity which must pass though a solution in order to liberate at one of the electrodes one atom of hydrogen or one atom of any univalent substance.


The Electron - Chapter II (p. 25), The University of Chicago Press. 1924


The word electron was first suggested in 1891 by Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney as a name for the natural unit of electricity, namely, that quantity of...

The word electron was first suggested in 1891 by Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney as a name for the natural unit of electricity, namely, that quantity of...

The word electron was first suggested in 1891 by Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney as a name for the natural unit of electricity, namely, that quantity of...

The word electron was first suggested in 1891 by Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney as a name for the natural unit of electricity, namely, that quantity of...