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| [[Image:Tissot watch.jpg|right|thumb|150px|{{#ifexist:Template:Tissot watch.jpg/credit|{{Tissot watch.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}A wristwatch made by Swiss watchmaker [[Tissot]].]]
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| A '''[[wristwatch]]''' is a timepiece designed to be worn around the wrist, held on by a [[band]]. Modern wristwatches are often referred to simply as "[[watch]]es", and are mostly electronic, despite having either an analog or digital appearance. There are wristwatches that are still entirely mechanical but because of the higher manufacturing and maintenance cost, these are becoming more rare and are considered "luxury items" or "antiques".
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| === New Draft of the Week <font size=1>[ [[CZ:New Draft of the Week|about]] ]</font> === | | |rowspan=2 style="width:50%; border:1px solid #e9e9e9; border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05); margin:0; padding:0; background:#fafafa; background:rgba(255,255,255,0.6); vertical-align:top; -moz-border-radius:0 10px 10px; -webkit-border-radius:10px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius:0; -moz-background-clip:padding; -webkit-background-clip:padding;"| |
| [[Image:Rutherford.jpg|left|thumb|150px|{{#ifexist:Template:Rutherford.jpg/credit|{{Rutherford.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Ernest Rutherford.]]
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| '''[[Ernest Rutherford]]''' (born August 30, 1871, Nelson, [[New Zealand]] and died October 19, 1937, Cambridge, [[England]]) was the first person to split an [[atom]] and as the world’s first successful “alchemist,” changed [[nitrogen]] into [[oxygen]]. He postulated the existence of the '''[[proton]]''' and the '''[[neutron]]''', naming them both, and provided the first nuclear model of the atom. He discerned that radioactivity is the product of subatomic change and thereby ended the chapter on Aristotelian physics which held that all matter is immutable and unchanging. He discovered and named '''alpha''' and '''beta''' particles emitted by radioactive materials, discovered '''radon''' (a radioactive gas), '''tritium''' (H<sup>3</sup>) and He<sup>3</sup>. Through his work and calculations of radioactive decay he coined the phrase ''half-life'' and provided definitive evidence for the extreme age of the Earth.
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| | <div style='text-align: right;'><small>''[[{{FeaturedArticleTitle}}|Continued]]...''</small></div> |