This experiment was of considerable interest owing to the fact that Maxwell's calculations of the velocity of light in different substances, as dependent upon their SIR JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON ...

The ashes of physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson lie in the nave of Westminster Abbey near the graves of Newton and Rutherford. The interment took place during his funeral service held on 4th September ...

JJ Thomson studied electrical discharges in gases ... studying the chemical actions of light and the historical manuscripts of John Dalton. In London, from 1897, he worked as one of Britain’s first ...