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The Oil Drop Experiment: How Did Millikan Decide What Was an Appropriate Drop?
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Niaz, Mansoor – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2003
The oil drop experiment is considered an important contribution to the understanding of modern physics and chemistry. The objective of this investigation is to study and contrast the views and understanding with respect to the experiment of physicists or philosophers of science with those of authors of physics or chemistry textbooks and…
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