Professor Millikan took sole credit, in return for Harvey Fletcher claiming full authorship on a related result for his dissertation. Millikan went on to win the 1923 Nobel Prize for Physics, in part for this work, and Fletcher kept the agreement a secret until his death. After a publication on his first results in 1910, contradictory observations by Felix Ehrenhaft started a controversy between the two physicists. After improving his setup, Millikan published his seminal study in 1913.
professor millikan took sole credit in return for harvey fletcher claiming full authorship on a related result for his dissertation millikan went on to win the 1923 nobel prize for physics in part for this work and fletcher kept the agreement a secret until his death after a publication on his first results in 1910 contradictory observations by felix ehrenhaft started a controversy between the two physicists after improving his setup millikan published his seminal study in 1913