1913 in science
The year 1913 CE in science and technology.See also: 1912 in science, other events of 1913, 1914 in science and the list of years in science.
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2 Physics 3 Geology 4 Technology 5 Nobel Prizes 6 Births 7 Deaths |
Chemistry
- Protactinium was first identified by Kasimir Fajans and O. H. Göhring
- Henry Moseley shows that nuclear charge is the real basis for numbering the elements and discovers a systematic relation between wavelength and atomic number by using x-ray spectra obtained by diffraction in crystals.
Physics
- William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg work out the Bragg condition for strong X-ray reflection
- Niels Bohr presents his quantum model of the atom
- Robert Millikan measures the fundamental unit of electric charge
- Johannes Stark demonstrates that strong electric fields will split the Balmer spectral line series of hydrogen
Geology
- Albert Michelson measures tides in the solid body of the Earth
Technology
- Kinemacolor, the first commercial "natural color" system for movies is invented
Nobel Prizes
- Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
- Alfred Werner is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Charles Robert Richet is awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine