1747 –
James Lind: Conducts one of the earliest European
clinical trials, showing that
scurvy was cured by consuming fresh oranges and lemons, but not other tested acids or drinks.
1774 –
Charles Mason: Conducts an experiment near the Scottish mountain of Schiehallion that attempts to measure the mean density of the Earth for the first time. Known as the
Schiehallion experiment.
1911 –
Ernest Rutherford's
gold foil experiment determines that atoms are mostly empty space, and that the core of each
atom, which he named the atomic nucleus, is dense and positively charged[1]
1747 –
James Lind: Conducts one of the earliest European
clinical trials, showing that
scurvy was cured by consuming fresh oranges and lemons, but not other tested acids or drinks.
1774 –
Charles Mason: Conducts an experiment near the Scottish mountain of Schiehallion that attempts to measure the mean density of the Earth for the first time. Known as the
Schiehallion experiment.
1911 –
Ernest Rutherford's
gold foil experiment determines that atoms are mostly empty space, and that the core of each
atom, which he named the atomic nucleus, is dense and positively charged[1]