alleryWho performed the pioneering oil-drop experiment?
AMichelson
BMinkowski
CMuirhead
DMillikan
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Millikan
1. The experiment measured the charge on the electron.
2. Millikan performed the pioneering oil-drop experiment.
3. So the correct answer is Millikan.
_Source: syllabus Physics Part II, Ch 11 'Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter'_
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