oil drop experiment

experiment conducted by R. A. Millikan and H. Fletcher to measure elementary electric charge
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oil drop experiment

Summary

oil drop experiment is a physics experiment[1]. It draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (physics_experiment category, ranking #6 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • oil drop experiment's image is recorded as Millikan's setup for the oil drop experiment.jpg[3].
  • oil drop experiment's instance of is recorded as physics experiment[4].
  • Robert A. Millikan is named after oil drop experiment[5].
  • oil drop experiment's Commons category is recorded as Oil-drop experiment[6].
  • oil drop experiment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019mgb[7].
  • oil drop experiment's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0042540[8].
  • oil drop experiment's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Millikan-oil-drop-experiment[9].
  • oil drop experiment's different from is recorded as pitch drop experiment[10].
  • oil drop experiment's Quora topic ID is recorded as Oil-Drop-Experiment[11].
  • oil drop experiment's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136632[12].
  • oil drop experiment's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • oil drop experiment's World of Physics ID is recorded as MillikanOilDropExperiment[14].
  • oil drop experiment's World of Physics ID is recorded as OilDropExperiment[15].
  • oil drop experiment's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 151910190[16].
  • oil drop experiment's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3941525[17].
  • oil drop experiment's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 밀리컨의 기름방울실험[18].
  • oil drop experiment's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 38944[19].
  • oil drop experiment's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as experiment-de-millikan[20].

Why It Matters

oil drop experiment draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (physics_experiment category, ranking #6 of 23).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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