Infocommunications and Radio Technologies Infocommunications and Radio Technologies ИНФОКОММУНИКАЦИОННЫЕ И РАДИОЭЛЕКТРОННЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ 2587-9936 53546 10.29039/2587-9936.2022.05.3.41 ИСТОРИЯ НАУКИ И ТЕХНИКИ (5.6.6) HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (5.6.6) ИСТОРИЯ НАУКИ И ТЕХНИКИ (5.6.6) Robert Millikan and His Role in the Birth of Modern Radio Tubes Роберт Милликен и его роль в рождении современных радиоламп https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0466-881X Пестриков Виктор Михайлович Pestrikov Viktor Mihaylovich pvm205@yandex.ru

доктор технических наук;

doctor of technical sciences;

 Санкт-Петербургский государственный институт кино и телевидения Санкт-Петербург Россия St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television St. Petersburg Russian Federation 21 10 2022 21 10 2022 5 4 587 610 27 07 2022 30 07 2022 https://rusjbpc.ru/en/nauka/article/53546/view

В статье основное внимание уделено работам Гарольда Вильсона, Роберта Милликена и его учеников, в частности, Луиса Беджемена и Харви Флетчера по определению величины элементарного электрического заряда. Обращено внимание на приоритет авторства в публикациях Р. Милликена и Х. Флечера по результатам проведенных совместных исследований. Отмечена полемика вокруг результатов экспериментов Милликена по определению электрического заряда электрона. Описана ситуация с рекомендацией Р. Милликеном своего ученика Гарольда де Фореста Арнольда в исследовательскую группу WECo для разработки телефонного электронного ретранслятора.

The article focuses on the work of Harold Wilson, Robert Millikan and his students, in particular, Louis Begeman and Harvey Fletcher on determining the magnitude of an elementary electric charge. Attention is drawn to the priority of authorship in the publications of R. Millikan and H. Fletcher based on the results of joint research. A controversy was noted around the results of Millikan’s experiments to determine the electric charge of an electron. The situation with R. Millikan’s recommendation of his student Harold de Forest Arnold to the WECo research group for the development of a telephone electronic repeater is described.

 электрон заряд электрона Гарольда Вильсона Роберт Милликен Луис Беджемен Харви Флетчер Гарольд де Форест Арнольд electron electron charge Harold Wilson Robert Millikan Louis Begeman Harvey Fletcher Harold de Forest Arnold

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