Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH FRS (14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959) was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics...
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Lawrence Bragg (Physics 1915), Charles Barkla (Physics 1917), Francis Aston (Chemistry 1922), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (Physics 1927), Owen Richardson...
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Cloud chamber (redirect from Wilson cloud chamber)
chambers were invented in the early 1900s by the Scottish physicist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson. They played a prominent role in experimental particle physics...
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Power, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914) 1959 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b...
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officer Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), English archaeologist Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959)...
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Compton and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson) (1937). "Arthur Holly Compton for his discovery of the effect named after him and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson for his...
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Deledda Aristide Briand; Gustav Stresemann 1927 Arthur Compton; Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Heinrich Otto Wieland Julius Wagner-Jauregg Henri Bergson Ferdinand...
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times with Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII, Charles XIII, Charles XIV and Charles XV. Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England...
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Lasker-Schüler, German-born poet, author (d. 1945) February 14 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1959) February 26 – Nadezhda...
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November 10 – Lupino Lane, British actor (b. 1892) November 15 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) November...
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wire – John R. Wiegand Wilhelmy plate – Ludwig Wilhelmy Wilson chamber – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Winchester rifle – Oliver Winchester Windsor knot – Edward...
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still important for understanding Scottish mountain weather. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson was inspired to invent the cloud chamber after a period spent...
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Barkla (Physics, 1917) Francis William Aston (Chemistry, 1922) Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (Physics, 1927) Arthur Compton (Physics, 1927) Sir Owen Willans...
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to Heber J. Grant (1925–31), and Presiding Bishop (1907–25). Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) of Glencorse, Nobel prize-winning physicist. George...
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Arthur Holly Compton, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Chemistry – Heinrich Otto Wieland Medicine – Julius Wagner-Jauregg Copley Medal: Charles Sherrington Wollaston...
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that year's nominations met the necessary criteria, but was awarded to Charles Glover Barkla in 1918 and counted as the 1917 prize. This precedent was...
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Wilson and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, at Eskdalemuir Observatory for Lewis Fry Richardson, at the birthplace of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson in...
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Physiology or Medicine, 1929 Owen Willans Richardson, Physics, 1928 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Physics, 1927 Austen Chamberlain, Peace, 1925 George Bernard...
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scientist and human rights activist Craig Paterson, footballer Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, was born at a nearby farm Penicuik...
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Wilms' tumor Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physician – Wilson cloud chamber, Wilson condensation cloud Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, American-British...
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contact lens Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971), UK – Dazzle camouflage Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), UK – Cloud chamber Paul Winchell (1922–2005), U...
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and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (d. 1954) 1869 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d...
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United States (born 1951) Nobel laureate Charles Thomson Rees Wilson – U.K. (1869–1959) Nobel laureate Christine Wilson (scientist) – Canadian-American physicist...
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William Ramsay (1852–1916) The cloud chamber recording of atoms: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) The discovery of the Wave of Translation, leading...
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and worked with prominent physicists including J. J. Thomson and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson at the Cavendish Laboratory. In 1910, he joined the Royal...
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The cloud chamber, the first particle detector, is invented by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson. 1912: The first commercial slot cars or more accurately model...
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noble gases: Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) The Cloud chamber – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) Pioneering work on nutrition and poverty – John Boyd...
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mainly in New Zealand Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize Charles Edward Wilson (rugby player and soldier)...
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of Munich Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Physics 1927 University of Cambridge Kenneth G. Wilson Physics 1982 Cornell University Robert B. Wilson Economics...
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(1860–1929) James Walker (1863–1935) Philip Watts (1846–1926) Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society...
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