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Thomson's value for e/m

Thomson's original paper (Thomson, Phil. Mag. 44, 293 (1897).) could have included the following data. Use it to compute the value he obtained for :




Note that for this data, unlike what we discussed in class, the angle of deflection is measured when the magnetic field B turned on while the electric field E is shut off.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Fri Feb 9 14:03:37 EST 1996