Robert Millikan: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Mar 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 15, 2025
Revised to update language/spelling; enhanced caption. Mar 29, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 27, 2024
Article revised and updated. Jan 28, 2021
Corrected display issue. Sep 05, 2019
Modified link of Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Robert A. Millikan. May 20, 2019
Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Biography of Robert Andrews Millikan. Dec 26, 2016
Changed article title from "Robert Andrews Millikan" to "Robert Millikan." Jan 08, 2016
Added video about oil-drop experiment. Jan 08, 2016
Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of Robert A. Millikan. Feb 14, 2013
Added new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Biography of Robert Andrews Millikan. Oct 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Corrosion Doctors - Biography of Robert Millikan. Oct 29, 2007
Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Robert A. Millikan. Oct 28, 2007
Added new Web site: Notable American Unitarians - Biography of Robert Millikan. Apr 19, 2007
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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