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Andy said:
silly tossars.
Don't start! Could take me months to figure out what "tossars" are!
 
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The results of this experiment were so conclusive that the last doubters of atomic theory were forced to surrender. What was the experiment?
 
A still...?

correct.
 
brewnog said:
No worries, I'm still happy that we are allowed to say "wanker" in here without Evo telling us off!
That's nuthin'; I seem to remember you getting away with 'twat'.

zoobyshoe said:
The results of this experiment were so conclusive that the last doubters of atomic theory were forced to surrender. What was the experiment?
Hiroshima?
 
Danger said:
Hiroshima?
Negatory..
 
brewnog said:
Rutherford and his gold foil?

I'm just saying that because I had an exam in his lecture hall the other day.
Good reason. Wrong experiment.
 
Curie's radium salts and film discovery?
 
Danger said:
Curie's radium salts and film discovery?
No. But I'd say everyone's in the right, very general, ballpark.
 
!911 Rutherford used alpha particle beam to test for atomic structure
he termed the center of the atom, nucleus.
 
wolram said:
!911 Rutherford used alpha particle beam to test for atomic structure
he termed the center of the atom, nucleus.
Brewnog already guessed Rutherford.

You guys are thinking too positively. Think negative.
 
You guys are thinking too positively. Think negative.

Ok, there is no way i can crack this one.
 
brewnog said:
Thomson and his CRT?
Nope. Still right ball park.
 
Ions were first theorized by Michael Faraday around 1830, to describe the portions of molecules that travel either to an anode or to a cathode.
 
brewnog said:
Chadwick and his cloud chambers?
No.
wolram said:
Ions were first theorized by Michael Faraday around 1830, to describe the portions of molecules that travel either to an anode or to a cathode.
Also no.
 
The experiment involved a short focus telescope.
 
brewnog said:
William Crooke's vacuum tubes?
No. The experiment also involved an electric field.
 
brewnog said:
Millikan's Oil Drop!
Indeed!
 
brewnog said:
Woo! Throw enough cack around and some of it's bound to stick!


Ok, I've almost got a good clue coming up...
I thought that was your clue.
 
Danger said:
I thought that was your clue.

Nah, that would have been too easy. (Artman's bedroom again, I believe).

Ok.

What is shown in the picture?

http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/student/E.Smith-2/whatisthis.jpg
 
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Freshly harvested cauliflowers
 
A fun intermediary question to pass the time

This is a rehash of an older question

When I first stated I was 18436572 then I went to 18726543, my cousin started at 15426378 then went to 13726548, and a third cousin of mine has stayed at 18436572. What am I and who are my cousins?

enjoy
 

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