Robert Brown observes Brownian motion in pollen
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Brownian motion was named after the Scottish botanist Robert Brown, who in 1828 had published detailed observations about how minuscule pollen particles suspended in water can be seen to wiggle and wander when examined under a strong microscope.
chapter: CHAPTER FIVE The Miracle Year: Quanta and Molecules, 1905