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J. J. Thompson

1856 - 1940

Sir Joseph John "J. J." Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist.

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"Sir J.J. Thomson," Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/biography/J-J-Thomson, (accessed 07/13/2015)
On the Formation of Vortex Rings by Drops Falling into Liquids and Some Allied Phenomena (from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 241, 1885)
Conduction of Electricity Through Gases
Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analyses
Recent Researches in Electricity and Magnetism
The Vortex Ring Theory of Gases. On the Law of the Distribution of Energy among the Molecules
On Bodies Smaller than Atoms
Report on Electrical Theories
Note on the rotation of the plane of polarization of light by a moving medium

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