1902 in Science - Physics

Physics

  • Oliver Heaviside and Arthur E. Kennelly independently predict the existence of what will become known as the Kennelly-Heaviside Layer of the ionosphere.
  • James Jeans finds the length scale required for gravitational perturbations to grow in a static nearly homogeneous medium.
  • Philipp Lenard observes that maximum photoelectron energies are independent of illuminating intensity but depend on frequency.
  • Gilbert N. Lewis develops the cubical atom atomic model.
  • Theodor Svedberg suggests that fluctuations in molecular bombardment cause the Brownian motion.

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