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Landmark Experiments in Physics

 * Astronomy
 * BOOMERanG experiment
 * Cosmic Background Explorer
 * Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe


 * Electromagnetism & Special Relativity
 * Fizeau experiment
 * Fizeau–Foucault apparatus
 * Hafele–Keating experiment
 * Hammar experiment
 * Ives–Stilwell experiment
 * Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
 * Kennedy–Thorndike experiment
 * Michelson–Gale–Pearson experiment
 * Michelson–Morley experiment
 * Oil drop experiment
 * Oxford Electric Bell
 * Rømer's determination of the speed of light
 * Sagnac effect
 * Terrella
 * Trouton–Noble experiment
 * Trouton–Rankine experiment


 * Gravity & General Relativity
 * Cavendish experiment
 * De Sitter double star experiment
 * Gravity Probe A
 * Gravity Probe B
 * Pound–Rebka experiment
 * Schiehallion experiment


 * Mechanics
 * Atwood machine
 * Barton's Pendulums
 * Bedford Level experiment
 * Beverly Clock
 * Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
 * Heron's fountain
 * Magdeburg hemispheres
 * Rubens' tube
 * Pitch drop experiment
 * Spouting can


 * Particle & Nuclear Physics
 * Bevatron
 * Chicago Pile-1
 * Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment
 * Geiger–Marsden experiment
 * Homestake experiment
 * Large Hadron Collider
 * Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment
 * PS210 experiment
 * Trinity


 * Quantum mechanics
 * Afshar experiment
 * Davisson–Germer experiment
 * Delayed choice quantum eraser
 * Double-slit experiment
 * Elitzur–Vaidman bomb-tester
 * Eötvös experiment
 * Franck–Hertz experiment
 * Quantum eraser experiment
 * Stern–Gerlach experiment

Physics Confirmed by Experiment

 * Bose–Einstein condensate

Experimental Devices

 * Magnetometry
 * Magnetometry
 * Scanning Electron Microscope
 * Transmission Electron Microscope
 * Atomic Force Microscope
 * Magneto Optical Kerr Effect
 * X-Ray Diffraction
 * Vibrating Sample Magnetometer
 * Alternating Gradient Magnetometer
 * SQUID
 * Torque Magnetometer
 * Electrodeposition
 * Photoemission electron microscopy
 * X-ray magnetic circular dichroism