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Even though this is tangential, I think it's important to note that this experiment should be called as the Millikan-Fletcher oil drop experiment to acknowledge
by alacritas0 3y ago
Even though this is tangential, I think it's important to note that this experiment should be called as the Millikan-Fletcher oil drop experiment to acknowledge Harvey Fletcher's contribution to this experiment as a grad student which he was coerced into relinquishing to receive his PhD
- shagie 3y agoFor any who wish to read about this: My work with Millikan on the oil-drop experiment - https://web.archive.org/web/20160128151252/http://www.cce.ufes.br/jair/te1/PhysToday_43_Fletcher_Work_Millikan.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160128151252/http://www.cce.uf...