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Definition of Ernest Rutherford

1. Noun. British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937).

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Literary usage of Ernest Rutherford

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Chemistry by Forris Jewett Moore (1918)
"The subject of radioactivity entered upon a new stage when, in 1900, Sir Ernest Rutherford, then professor in Montreal, began an intensive study of the ..."

2. Catalogue by Dartmouth College, Florida Southern College (1903)
"PHILOSOPHY — Stanwood Cobb, Ernest Rutherford Groves. ... PHILOSOPHY — Ernest Rutherford Groves. JUNIORS PHYSICS — Arthur Isaac Charron, Henry Munroe Hall. ..."

3. Eminent Chemists of Our Time by Benjamin Harrow (1920)
"Ernest Rutherford: Radioactivity [Encycl. Britannica, 22, 794 (1911)]. 7. ... Ernest Rutherford: Radioactive Substances and their Radiations (Cambridge ..."

4. Eminent Chemists of Our Time by Benjamin Harrow (1920)
"Ernest Rutherford: Radioactivity [Encycl. Britannica, 22, 794 (19")]. 7. ... Ernest Rutherford: Radioactive Substances and their Radiations (Cambridge ..."

5. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"Not surprisingly, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, and Niels Bohr regarded particle bombardment as useful in furthering knowledge of nuclear physics but ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"The Friday afternoon session was given to a lecture by Sir Ernest Rutherford, FRS, of the University of Manchester, Eng., "On X-ray and Gamma-ray Spectra," ..."

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