What material were the plates within the oil drop model made out of?
What is metal?
100
What prestigious award did Millikan receive?
What is Nobel Prize
100
What was the name of the prestigious German scientist that was experimenting in the same time frame as Millikan?
What is Albert Einstein?
200
What was Millikan's field of study?
What is Physics?
200
What charge does an electron carry?
What is negative charge?
200
How was the electronic field observed?
What is through a microscope?
200
What award was Millikan awarded by the Chinese?
What is Order of Jade?
200
What major process was industrialized within the era Millikan was experimenting?
What is the assembly line?
300
How did Millikan pass away?
What is heart attack?
300
What experiment did Millikan perform to find the charge of an electron?
What is the oil-drop experiment?
300
Why do the oil drops reach a terminal velocity in the electric field?
What is due to friction?
300
What year did Millikan receive his most prestigious award?
What is 1923?
300
Name three other events that would have occurred during Millikan's life span from 1868-1953?
What is Scopes Trial, World War 1, World War 2, President McKinley is assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt constructs Panama Canal, Great Depression, etc...
400
Millikan was the director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at what university?
What is California Institute of Technology?
400
What unit is electronic charge measured in?
What is coulombs?
400
In what form was the oil when placed in the electric field?
What is vapor, gas?
400
What university has their tallest building and main library named after Millikan?
What is Caltech
400
What two major industries were being monopolized by major US corporations?
What is steel and oil?
500
What were Millikan's 2 favorite undergraduate courses?
What is mathematics and Greek?
500
When does an atom become electronically charged?
What is when the number of protons is not equal to the number of electrons?
500
What was the precise value of "e" according to Millikan's findings?
What is 1.602x10^19 c
500
How many cents was the stamp Millikan was placed on in the Great American Series?
What is 37 cents?
500
Who was president during the time frame of Millikan's experiments with electronic charge?