Definition of Robert Andrews Millikan

1. Noun. United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953).

Exact synonyms: Millikan
Generic synonyms: Physicist

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Literary usage of Robert Andrews Millikan

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

1. Engineering Education by Ray Palmer Baker (1919)
"X MODERN PHYSICS Robert Andrews Millikan BY no scientist has the ideal of truth for its ... Robert Andrews Millikan (1868- ), educated at Oberlin College, ..."

2. Indiana University, 1820-1920: Centennial Memorial Volume by Indiana University (1921)
"... PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Robert Andrews Millikan was born at Morrison, Illinois, on March 22, 1868 He received the AB degree at Oberlin College in 1891, ..."

3. Indiana University, 1820-1920: Centennial Memorial Volume by Indiana University (1921)
"... PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Robert Andrews Millikan was born at Morrison, Illinois, on March 22, 1868 He received the AB degree at Oberlin College in 1891, ..."

4. The Living Cycads by Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1919)
"Chairman JOHN MERLE COULTER Robert Andrews Millikan The Evolution of Sex in Plants. ... By Robert Andrews Millikan. xii+268 pages, ..."

5. The Origin of the Earth by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1916)
"Chairman JOHN MERLE COULTER Robert Andrews Millikan VOLUMES ALREADY ... By ROBERT ANDREWS MILLIKAN, Professor of Physics in the University of Chicago. ..."

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