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On April 30, 1897, British physicist J.J. Thomson announced his discovery that atoms were made up of smaller components. This finding revolutionized the way scientists thought about the atom and had major ramifications for the field of physics. Though Thomson referred to them as "corpuscles," what he found is more commonly known today as the electron. Mankind had already discovered electric current and harnessed it to great effect, but scientists had not yet observed the makeup of atoms. Thomson, a highly-respected professor at Cambridge, determined the existence of electrons by studying cathode rays. He concluded that the particles making up the rays were 1,000 times lighter than the lightest atom, proving that something smaller than atoms existed. Thomson likened the composition of atoms to plum pudding, with negatively charged "corpuscles" dotted throughout a positively-charged field. The plum pudding analogy was disproved by Ernest Rutherford, a student and collaborator of Thomson’s, in Thomson's lab at Cambridge in 1910. Rutherford's conclusion that the positive charge of an atom resides in its nucleus established the model of the atom as we know it today. In addition to winning his own Nobel Prize, Thomson employed six research assistants who went on to win Nobel Prizes in physics and two, including Rutherford, who won Nobel Prizes for chemistry. His son, George Paget Thomson, also won a Nobel Prize for his study of electrons. Combined with his own research, the netw...

Joseph John Thomson was born on December 18, 1856 in Cheetham, a suburb of Manchester. His father was a bookseller and publisher. It was originally intended that he should be an engineer, and, at the age of fourteen, he was sent to Owens College - later Manchester University - until there was a vacancy for an apprentice at the engineering firm selected. After two years his father died, and his mother could not afford the large premium required for the apprenticeship. He therefore gave up engineering and in 1876 came to Trinity College, Cambridge to read Mathematics. In those days the Wranglers (undergraduates with First Class in the Mathematics Tripos) were placed in order of merit, and there was great competition to come top of the list. Thomson took the Tripos in 1880 and was placed second. The Senior Wrangler that year was Joseph Larmor, who became famous later for his contributions to theoretical physics. The following year Thomson submitted a dissertation for the Fellowship Election at Trinity. He entered without telling his tutor, who on learning of his candidacy told him he was wasting his time - `that is just like you Thomson, never asking my advice.' He was elected. He began work in the Cavendish Laboratory in 1880 under Lord Rayleigh, the second Cavendish Professor, and, when Rayleigh resigned the Cavendish chair in 1884, Thomson was elected to it, despite the fact that he was only 28 at the time, and was known more for his mathematical ability than for his skill...

From Practical Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan and Willard R. Pyle, 1922 (1856–1940). The renowned British physicist J.J. Thomson was the discoverer of the electron. His research laid the foundation for developments of great importance in electricity, electronics, chemistry, and other sciences. He won the Nobel Prize for his work on the conduction of electricity through gases. Joseph John Thomson was born on December 18, 1856, in Cheetham, near Manchester, England. His father was a publisher and bookseller. Young Thomson planned to become an engineer, but while studying at Owens College he developed an intense interest in His work as a teacher and researcher impressed Cambridge authorities so favorably that he was appointed to the important Cavendish professorship of experimental physics when the chair became vacant in 1884. He soon gathered a brilliant group of students who also acted as research assistants. Seven of them later won Nobel Prizes. During this period Thomson was engaged chiefly in electromagnetic experiments. In 1893 Thomson published the results of these studies in Notes on Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism. He gave a course of lectures at Princeton University in 1896, summarizing his researches on the discharge of electricity through gases. During 1896 Thomson also conducted an investigation of cathode rays. On April 30, 1897, he startled the scientific world by announcing that the particles composing cathode rays were much smaller than ato...

Thomson Atomic Theory Thomson's discovery of the electron completely changed the way people viewed atoms. Up until the end of the 19th century, atoms were thought to be tiny solid spheres. In 1903, Thomson proposed a model of the atom consisting of positive and negative charges, present in equal amounts so that an atom would be electrically neutral. He proposed the atom was a sphere, but the positive and negative charges were embedded within it. Thomson's model came to be called the "plum pudding model" or "chocolate chip cookie model". Modern scientists understand atoms consist of a nucleus of positively-charged protons and neutral neutrons, with negatively-charged electrons orbiting the nucleus. Yet, Thomson's model is important because it introduced the notion that an atom consisted of charged particles. Interesting Facts About J.J. Thomson • Prior to Thomson's discovery of electrons, scientists believed the atom was the smallest fundamental unit of matter. • Thomson called the particle he discovered 'corpuscles' rather than electrons. • Thomson's master's work, Treatise on the motion of vortex rings, provides a mathematical description of William Thomson's vortex theory of atoms. He was awarded the Adams Prize in 1884. • Thomson discovered the natural radioactivity of potassium in 1905. • In 1906, Thomson demonstrated a hydrogen atom had only a single electron. • Thomson's father intended for J.J. to be an engineer, but the family did not have the funds to support the ...

Enjoy more free content and benefits by creating an account Saving articles to read later requires an IEEE Spectrum account The Institute content is only available for members Downloading full PDF issues is exclusive for IEEE Members Access to Spectrum's Digital Edition is exclusive for IEEE Members Following topics is a feature exclusive for IEEE Members Adding your response to an article requires an IEEE Spectrum account Create an account to access more content and features on IEEE Spectrum, including the ability to save articles to read later, download Spectrum Collections, and participate in conversations with readers and editors. For more exclusive content and features, consider Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access to all of Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. “We shall call such particles corpuscles,” announced the physicist J.J. Thomson, during a Corpuscles and pudding are not how we think about the structure of an atom today. Corpuscles are electrons, and the plum pudding model gave way to Ernest Rutherford’s nuclear model in 1911. Yet J.J. Thomson is often hailed as the discoverer of the electron based on that lecture 125 years ago. Of course, history is always more muddled than that. For this month’s column, I knew that I wanted to write about the 125th anniversary of the electron’s discovery, which for simplicity’s sake I pegged to Thomson’s lecture. The challe...

Hostname: page-component-594f858ff7-x2rdm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2023-06-16T22:25:14.245Z Has data issue: false Feature Flags: hasContentIssue false Thomson's election to the Cavendish Chair William Thomson could still not be enticed back to Cambridge from Glasgow, despite a memorial, spearheaded by J.J. Thomson and sent to him with the signatures of a number of distinguished Cambridge scientists, urging him to stand. The Cavendish Chair was duly advertised and for the first time there was a competitive election. There were five candidates – Richard Glazebrook, Joseph Larmor, Osborne Reynolds, Arthur Schuster and Joseph John (J.J.) Thomson. Larmor was now Professor of Natural Philosophy at Queen'sCollege, Galway, while Reynolds and Schuster both held professorships, in Engineering and Applied Mathematics respectively, at Owens College, Manchester. Somewhat to his own and the University's surprise, the electors offered the chair to the 28-year old Thomson. Glazebrook was Rayleigh's choice, but Davis and Falconer (1997) argue that he was too wedded to the programme of the precise establishment of physical standards to appeal to the electors. Reynolds was thought to be more an engineer than an experimental physicist. The electors took a bold gamble on Thomson, but he undoubtedly had the potential to become a distinguished physicist. Thomson had entered Owens College, Manchester at the age of 14 and was fortunate to be instructed by inspiring scientists – Thomas B...

On April 30, 1897, British physicist J.J. Thomson announced his discovery that atoms were made up of smaller components. This finding revolutionized the way scientists thought about the atom and had major ramifications for the field of physics. Though Thomson referred to them as "corpuscles," what he found is more commonly known today as the electron. Mankind had already discovered electric current and harnessed it to great effect, but scientists had not yet observed the makeup of atoms. Thomson, a highly-respected professor at Cambridge, determined the existence of electrons by studying cathode rays. He concluded that the particles making up the rays were 1,000 times lighter than the lightest atom, proving that something smaller than atoms existed. Thomson likened the composition of atoms to plum pudding, with negatively charged "corpuscles" dotted throughout a positively-charged field. The plum pudding analogy was disproved by Ernest Rutherford, a student and collaborator of Thomson’s, in Thomson's lab at Cambridge in 1910. Rutherford's conclusion that the positive charge of an atom resides in its nucleus established the model of the atom as we know it today. In addition to winning his own Nobel Prize, Thomson employed six research assistants who went on to win Nobel Prizes in physics and two, including Rutherford, who won Nobel Prizes for chemistry. His son, George Paget Thomson, also won a Nobel Prize for his study of electrons. Combined with his own research, the netw...

Thomson Atomic Theory Thomson's discovery of the electron completely changed the way people viewed atoms. Up until the end of the 19th century, atoms were thought to be tiny solid spheres. In 1903, Thomson proposed a model of the atom consisting of positive and negative charges, present in equal amounts so that an atom would be electrically neutral. He proposed the atom was a sphere, but the positive and negative charges were embedded within it. Thomson's model came to be called the "plum pudding model" or "chocolate chip cookie model". Modern scientists understand atoms consist of a nucleus of positively-charged protons and neutral neutrons, with negatively-charged electrons orbiting the nucleus. Yet, Thomson's model is important because it introduced the notion that an atom consisted of charged particles. Interesting Facts About J.J. Thomson • Prior to Thomson's discovery of electrons, scientists believed the atom was the smallest fundamental unit of matter. • Thomson called the particle he discovered 'corpuscles' rather than electrons. • Thomson's master's work, Treatise on the motion of vortex rings, provides a mathematical description of William Thomson's vortex theory of atoms. He was awarded the Adams Prize in 1884. • Thomson discovered the natural radioactivity of potassium in 1905. • In 1906, Thomson demonstrated a hydrogen atom had only a single electron. • Thomson's father intended for J.J. to be an engineer, but the family did not have the funds to support the ...

Enjoy more free content and benefits by creating an account Saving articles to read later requires an IEEE Spectrum account The Institute content is only available for members Downloading full PDF issues is exclusive for IEEE Members Access to Spectrum's Digital Edition is exclusive for IEEE Members Following topics is a feature exclusive for IEEE Members Adding your response to an article requires an IEEE Spectrum account Create an account to access more content and features on IEEE Spectrum, including the ability to save articles to read later, download Spectrum Collections, and participate in conversations with readers and editors. For more exclusive content and features, consider Join the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences and get access to all of Spectrum’s articles, archives, PDF downloads, and other benefits. “We shall call such particles corpuscles,” announced the physicist J.J. Thomson, during a Corpuscles and pudding are not how we think about the structure of an atom today. Corpuscles are electrons, and the plum pudding model gave way to Ernest Rutherford’s nuclear model in 1911. Yet J.J. Thomson is often hailed as the discoverer of the electron based on that lecture 125 years ago. Of course, history is always more muddled than that. For this month’s column, I knew that I wanted to write about the 125th anniversary of the electron’s discovery, which for simplicity’s sake I pegged to Thomson’s lecture. The challe...