SATYA-CARITAS

Cathode Ray Experiment with JJ Thomson

by Sara Kumar

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Volta discovered that electrons move

Volta discovered that electrons move

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In 1800 was the year, and Volta was Italian

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Nickel and cadmium today are used to power things that move

And electrons are mobile we learn in high school often

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So Volta put metals in salty water and saw how things could move

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But Edison we remember so well

Edison who needed Volta to power up a bulb that changed the way we see poetry

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And poetry moves people to look up JJ Thomson under the light of incandescent bulbs

And he saw a green colored light that so few understand

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But Volta must not be forgotten, for Thomson hooked up a power source to a glass tube with metal and saw electrons in motion

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And Rutherford drew a picture of an atom that was different than plum pudding

And electrons move and electrons move and

Electrons are not light