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Oil Drop Experiment (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the oil drop experiment, Millikan and Fletcher's 1909 measurement of the elementary charge.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the uncontested outline of the experiment and its finding.
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Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Experiments, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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1

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1

General References

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