On the movement of small particles suspended in a stationary liquid demanded by the molecular-kinetic theory of heat

@article{einstein1905a, abstract = {In this paper it will be shown that according to the molecular-kinetic theory of heat, bodies of microscopically-visible size suspended in a liquid will perform movements of such magnitude that they can be easily observed in a microscope, on account of the molecular motions of heat. It is possible that the movements to be discussed here are identical with the so-called "Brownian molecular motion"; however, the information available to me regarding the latter is so lcking in precision, that I can form no judgement in the matter.}, author = {Einstein, A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1899390}, journal = {Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)}, keywords = {brownian-motion, classic}, pages = {549--560}, posted-at = {2007-11-11 18:26:23}, priority = {0}, title = {On the movement of small particles suspended in a stationary liquid demanded by the molecular-kinetic theory of heat}, volume = {17}, year = {1905} }

TY - JOUR ID - einstein1905a L3 - citeulike-article-id:1899390 TI - On the movement of small particles suspended in a stationary liquid demanded by the molecular-kinetic theory of heat JF - Annalen der Physik (Leipzig) VL - 17 SP - 549 EP - 560 N2 - In this paper it will be shown that according to the molecular-kinetic theory of heat, bodies of microscopically-visible size suspended in a liquid will perform movements of such magnitude that they can be easily observed in a microscope, on account of the molecular motions of heat. It is possible that the movements to be discussed here are identical with the so-called "Brownian molecular motion"; however, the information available to me regarding the latter is so lcking in precision, that I can form no judgement in the matter. KW - brownian-motion KW - classic AU - Einstein, A PY - 1905/// ER -