Rutherford
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~ British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
Rutherford atom
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~ first modern concept of atomic structure; all of the positive charge and most of the mass of the atom are contained in a compact nucleus; a number of electrons (equal to the atomic number) occupy the rest of the volume of the atom and neutralize the positive charge
rutherford
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~ a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
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~ 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)