1913 in science
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The year 1913 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.
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[edit] Chemistry
- Protactinium was first identified by Kasimir Fajans and O. H. Göhring
- Henry Moseley shows that nuclear charge is the real basis for numbering the elements and discovers a systematic relation between wavelength and atomic number by using x-ray spectra obtained by diffraction in crystals.
[edit] Physics
- William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg work out the Bragg condition for strong X-ray reflection
- Niels Bohr presents his quantum model of the atom
- Robert Millikan measures the fundamental unit of electric charge
- Johannes Stark demonstrates that strong electric fields will split the Balmer spectral line series of hydrogen
[edit] Geology
- Albert Michelson measures tides in the solid body of the Earth
[edit] Technology
- Kinemacolor, the first commercial "natural color" system for movies is invented
[edit] Awards
[edit] Births
- March 26 - Paul Erdős (d. 1996), mathematician.
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort (b. 1855), meteorologist.
- May 28 - John Lubbock (b. 1834), naturalist and archaeologist.
- November 7 - Alfred Russel Wallace (b. 1823), biologist.fr:1913 en science
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