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Rutherford was first to
create the theory of the nuclear atom and transmutation reaction.
Equipment used: He studied the absorption of radioactivity
by thin sheets of metal foil.
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Born - 1871
Died - 1937 Date
of Discovery -1919
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A worldwide Spanish influenza epidemic struck in 1919, the
same year Rutherford made his discoveries. The epidemic killed nearly 20 million, 500,000 just in the U.S.
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