1913 in Science - Physics

Physics

  • William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg work out the Bragg condition for strong X-ray reflection.
  • Niels Bohr presents his quantum model of the atom.
  • Robert Millikan measures the fundamental unit of electric charge.
  • Georges Sagnac demonstrates the Sagnac effect, showing that light propagates at a speed independent of the speed of its source.
  • Johannes Stark demonstrates that strong electric fields will split the Balmer spectral line series of hydrogen.

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