The document discusses several historical models of the atom:
1) John Dalton's solid sphere model from the early 19th century proposed that atoms were solid spheres that could not be divided.
2) J.J. Thomson's plum pudding model from 1904 proposed electrons were embedded in a sphere of positive charge like plums in pudding.
3) Ernest Rutherford's nuclear model from 1911 proposed a small, dense nucleus at the atom's center containing its mass and positive charge, surrounded by electrons.