Millikan's Oil Drop Experiment
Was Millikan Guilty of Scientific Misconduct?
Dr. Frank Walmsley
1. Historical Setting
It is important to know what the progress of science was at the time Millikan's work was being done.
2. Design of the Experiment.
3. The Data
4. Was there Scientific Misconduct?

5. Resources and Classroom Activities
Journal articles and web sites are given to provide additional information.
Sources are given for simple experiments to reproduce, by analogy, the kind of data that Millikan obtained.

Cards in Envelopes: 3, 6, 9, and 12 cards. Excel file.
Cards in Envelopes: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 cards. Excel file.
Movie: QuickTime
Original apparatus figure
Diagram of apparatus
Diagram of apparatus
PowerPoint presentation