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(The Library of
Congress)
Hermann Helmholtz
(1821-1894)
1. Forerunners of electron discovering
Scientific schools
1880 -
1898 – Phillip Lenard measures the ratio e/m from cathode radiations
which cross a thin metallic wall
Problems:
to determine the connection between mass and charge;
to explain the structure of the electron.
19-th Century