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Rutherford (rŭth`ərfərd), borough (1990 pop. 17,790), Bergen co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of the New York City–N New Jersey metropolitan area; inc. 1881. Several pre-Revolutionary houses remain there. Rutherford 1. Ernest, 1st Baron. 1871--1937, British physicist, born in New Zealand, who discovered the atomic nucleus (1909). Nobel prize for chemistry 1908 2. Dame Margaret. 1892--1972, British stage and screen actress. Her films include Passport to Pimlico (1949), Murder She Said (1962), and The VIPs (1963) 3. Mark, original name William Hale White. 1831--1913, British novelist and writer, whose work deals with his religious uncertainties: best known for The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1881) and the novel The Revolution in Tanner's Lane (1887) rutherford [′rəth·ər·fərd] (nucleonics) Abbreviated rd. A unit used to express the decay rate of radioactive material, equal to 106disintegrating atoms per second. That amount of a substance which is undergoing 106disintegrations per second. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This effect was taking place at a scale smaller than atoms, Ernest Rutherford surmised. As Ernest Rutherford, the Nobel laureate physicist who taught at McGill University in the early part of the century, once told his colleagues: "Gentlemen, since we don't have money, I guess we'll have to think. Early in this century, the observation that gold atoms strongly deflect alpha particles led Ernest Rutherford to postulate the existence of the atomic nucleus. |
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