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Yes, Sir J.J.Thompson did exactly that. ( although at that time the terms used for these phenomena were different). In 1897, Thompson heated a metal to produce cathode rays or electrons. These electrons were attracted towards an anode by providing a potential difference between the two electrodes. Between the cathode and electrode was air at very low pressure which did not stop these cathode rays. Sir Thompson studied these beams in the space between the anode and cathode.

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