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My work with Millikan on the oil‐drop experiment

JUN 01, 1982
In this personal reminiscence the late author recounts his experiences as a graduate student in the Ryerson laboratory in Chicago and his contribution to the determination of the electron’s charge.
Harvey Fletcher

Lorena (Chipman) and I were married on 9 September 1908. Soon after we left by train for Chicago. On arrival there, we found a small apartment near the University.

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Harvey Fletcher, Brigham Young University.

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