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Even though this is tangential, I think it's important to note that this experiment should be called as the Millikan-Fletcher oil drop experiment to acknowledge Harvey Fletcher's contribution to this experiment as a grad student which he was coerced into relinquishing to receive his PhD


For any who wish to read about this:

My work with Millikan on the oil-drop experiment - https://web.archive.org/web/20160128151252/http://www.cce.uf...




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