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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by eru on Sunday November 26, 2017 @12:54PM (#15782074)
I think the story was that the first experiment was borked but done by someone famous, so the new experimenters didn't want to disagree too much.
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Re:Physicists make most precise measurement ever of the prot... by semantics on Sunday November 26, 2017 @01:11PM (#15782168)
This happened (allegedly) with the the Millikan oil drop experiment[0] which measured the charge of the electron.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drop_experiment

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