The initial evidence that atoms could spin off parts of themselves and must therefore have smaller components came in 1896 That was when Ari Becharel who was investigating the nature of phosphorescence wrapped.
This device that can produce high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency alternating-current electricity was used in the experiments concerning phosphorescence, wireless electricity and X-ray generation.
Looking out the window I can see it, a glimmer, like the phosphorescence you get in stirred seawater, behind the sky, which is overcast and too low and a dull gray infrared.