History Of Atoms Timeline

The story of the atomic theory...

200 B.C.E

Aristarchus invented the model of the solar system in 200 B.C.E, and it had the sun in the middle, with
the planets revolving around it.

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Plato (Aristotle) only figured out that there are elements in the world. His other contributions did not
help the atomic theory's growth.

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An image of Aristotle.

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400 B.C
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Democritus 400 B.C.

Democritus first proposed the atomic theory that differs slightly from our modern atomic theory.

He said "The universe is made up of atoms and the void between them.

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A model of Democritus's Hypothesis

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1200s C.E

The Alchemists proposed their theories in 500B.C , and were seen as evil pharmacists, who believed in
potions and experimented with metals
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1600s C.E

Robert Boyle was a philosopher, and he made the connection that any substance that can be broken
down into two or more substances in not an element. He changed the way people thought of science,
and conducted his tests during the time period of 1627 - 1691.

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The Alchemists believed in potions and experimented to make gold with other simple metals.

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An image of Robert Boyle.

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1700s C.E
This is a photo of Antoine Lavoisier.

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Antoine Lavoisier proposed the Law of Conservation of Mass on the in 1789. He was named as the
"Father of Chemistry" as he wrote the first list of extensive elements.

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John Dalton was the first person to discover the atom in 1772. He started the discovery of the
microscopical atom.

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John Dalton was the one to create the Billiard Ball Model, as shown above.

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This is an Image of John Dalton.

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1800s C.E

This is an image of Dmitri Mendeleev.

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Dmitri Mendeleev organized the known elements into 7 groups based on features and properties during
the year of 1869.

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Ernest Rutherford challenged another chemist's idea of the atom by developing his own model, which
mostly used majority of empty space. Conducted in 1909.

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An image of Ernest Rutherford.

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1900s C.E

An image of Albert Einstein.

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Albert Einstein was famous for his well known equation, E = mc2. He did not like the theory of quantum
mechanics, and disagreed with many of Neils Bohr's ideas. He discovered the amount of energy stored
in a certain amount of matter during 1905.

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This is an image of Robert Millikan.

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Robert Millikan discovered the charge of electrons with the oil drop experiment he conducted. This was
discovered in 1909, as that is when he conducted the experiment.

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Henry G.J Mosely made the contribution to the atom by figuring out the chemical concept of the atomic
number. This happened during the time period of 1887 - 1915. His specialization in the X-Ray helped
him determine this.

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An image of Henry G.J Mosely.

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In 1897, J.J Thomson discovered the electron, by using a cathode ray tube. He demonstrated that
cathode rays were negatively charged.

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The Plum Pudding model was created by J.J Thomson in 1904 in a magazine.

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An image of J.J Thomson.

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Neils Bohr created the Bohr model of the atom, with the atom in the center with the electrons orbiting
it. This was created in 1913.

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An image of Niels Bohr.

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An image of the Electron Cloud Model, created by Erwin Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg. It showed
the most accurate positions of electrons in an atom.

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James Chadwick was credited for discovering the neutron in 1932, and made the theory that the
neutrons helped stabilities the atoms.

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An image of James Chadwick.

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