The concept was envisaged by Ernest Rutherford. He was a renowned scientist and chemist. In the hypothesis, he proposed that an atom must have a concentrated positive charge around the nucleus or in the nucleus that contains the atom's mass. He also suggested that the nucleus contains a particle with a positive charge that was called a proton.
When a neutral hydrogen atom loses an electron, and positively-charged particles should remain. A proton should be 1840 times heavier than an electrons. Cathode rays should be attracted to a positively- charged plate.
