1913 in science

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The year 1913 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

Contents

1 Chemistry
2 Physics
3 Geology
4 Technology
5 Awards
6 Births
7 Deaths

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.

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

Geology

Albert Michelson measures tides in the solid body of the Earth

Technology

Kinemacolor, the first commercial "natural color" system for movies is invented

Awards

Nobel Prize

Births

March 26 - Paul Erdős (d. 1996), mathematician.

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.

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