The Becquerel rays and the properties of radium / by R.J. Strutt.

  • Rayleigh, Robert John Strutt, Baron, 1875-1947.
Date:
1906
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Credit: The Becquerel rays and the properties of radium / by R.J. Strutt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. ELECTKIC DISCHARGE IN HIGH VACUA ... 1 II. DISCOVEEY OP EADIO-ACTIVITY . . . .25 III. PEOPERTIES AND NATURE OF THE RADIATIONS . 48 IV. ABSORPTION AND lONISATION 86 V. THE CHANGES OCCURRING IN RADIO-ACTIVE BODIES 108 VI. RADIO-ACTIVITY IN THE EARTH AND IN THE ATMO- SPHERE 145 VII. THE ULTIMATE PRODUCTS OF RADIO-ACTIVE CHANGE 157 VIII. THE ELECTRICAL THEORY OF THE NATURE OP MATTER 184 Appendix A.—experimental notes .... 194 Appendix B.—theory op the magnetic and electro- static deflection of the cathode rays or the /3-rays of radio-active substances . . . 204 Appendix C.—the treatment of pitchblende resi- dues ON A LARGE SCALE 208 Index 211