Robert Millikan, in his famous oil-drop experiment conducted between 1909 and 1913, successfully measured the elementary electric charge, which is the charge of an electron.
Who, for the first time, successfully determined the charge of an electron? - [A] Thompson - [B] Millikan - [C] Rutherford - [D] Coulomb
Asked in HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF‐ FICER(HDO) 2015 · POST GRADUATE TEACHER (PGT) 2018 · Topic: Scientists & Inventions (J.J. Thomson's Discovery of the Electron)
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