Museum of Science and Industry

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Science Storms

Lightning: Millikan’s Oil Drop (c.1916)

This apparatus was used by Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher during several experiments to measure the charge of a single electron. Millikan won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for this work.

Gift of the University of Chicago.

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57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637

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Science Storms

Lightning: Millikan’s Oil Drop (c.1916)

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