Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904
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Lord Rayleigh received the award for gas-mass density investigations and the discovery of argon.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Official summary: laureates, prize shares and motivation
The Rayleigh-Ramsay argon density experiment shows how a small reproducible density discrepancy can reveal a new chemical element. New to topics? Read the docs here!