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Black and white photo of Ernest Rutherford. He wears a dark gray jacket, a white shirt with a cuff collar, and a tie. Rutherford has a substantial mustache. His graying hair is parted on his left, and he is looking to his right at something outside of the frame.

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Black and white photo of Ernest Rutherford. He wears a dark gray jacket, a white shirt with a cuff collar, and a tie. Rutherford has a substantial mustache. His graying hair is parted on his left, and he is looking to his right at something outside of the frame.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 31-Aug-2024 02:39:41 JST Robert McNees

Physicist Ernest Rutherford was born in Brightwater, New Zealand #OTD in 1871.
He discovered the nucleus, proton, and α and β particles; explained nuclear decay; and was the first person to successfully transmute one element into another.
Image: George Grantham Bain Collection, LOC

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