As you have read Chapter 8 of the book, the tenacity of Robert Millikan led him to enter the "hall of fame" of Science for his wonderful experiment drop of oil with which to measure followed the electron charge. He was honored in 1923 with the Nobel Prize , "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and the photoelectric effect ". It was a fantastic teacher who was awarded more than 25 universities as honorary professor. His contribution to the scientific world was not limited to the discovery for which he received the Nobel, but certainly the beauty and genius of this simple experiment is capable of awe even today. I imagine the oil droplets, as "small parachute" falling, climbing or levitating depending on the outcome of the struggle of the three forces at work: Electric Force (to be electrically charged drop) and friction with the medium (air) versus gravitational force (weight drop).
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