View Aristotle Model Of Atom PNG. He didn't believe that the world and universe were composed of atoms. The rutherford atomic model has been alternatively called the nuclear atom, or the planetary model of the atom.
He used solid wooden balls to model them.
In the concentrically tiered model of the universe which aristotle so aptly described, the heavens are composed of an imponderable substance, called we do not directly observe the persistent motion of atoms because they are so small. The rediscovery of the atomos in europe came along thanks to the reintroduction of aristotle, plato's pupil who debated the competing ideas of the atomos and plato's triangles in his. Wheel with earth, air, fire, and water. At any rate, the model still required refining.