The Cotton effect and related phenomena.

MITCHELL, Stotherd (1897-1980).

Published by G. Bell & Sons, 1933., London:, 1933

8vo. vii, 92 pp. 34 figs., index. Maroon gilt-stamped cloth; small paper ex-libr. label on foot of spine. Ex-Carnegie. Very good. RECENT work on optical rotatory power has directed attention to the importance of the phenomena which were observed in certain coloured tartrates by Cotton in 1896, namely: a maximum ellipticity and a zero rotation interposed between positive and negative maxima, giving rise to a loop in the region covered by an absorption band. Dr. Stotherd Mitchell's monograph is therefore very welcome, since it contains an attractive review both of the experimental work which preceded Cotton's observations and of subsequent experiments with other optically active compounds containing absorption bands of suitable wave-length and intensity. [T. M. LOWRY, [book review:] The Cotton Effect, Nature, 132, page 552 (1933)]. Stotherd Thomas Richard Smith Mitchell began studies at the University of Glasgow in 1915, but the First World War intervened and he served three years in Egypt. He returned to the university in 1920 on an ex-servicemen's grant, graduating BSc with Special Distinction in Chemistry in 1922. As holder of the Mackay Smith Scholarship, he then became a research student under the supervision of Professor George Gerald Henderson. / Dr Mitchell began teaching in the department of Physical Chemistry to fund his studies, and was awarded a Carnegie Research Scholarship for 3 years starting in 1923. He graduated with a PhD in Chemistry in 1926 and obtained the degree of DSc in 1931 for original work undertaken during a Carnegie Teaching Fellowship in 1927-1932. He had training in music as a young man and had at least one song published. In 1933 he was appointed Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, a post he held (with promotion to Senior Lecturer in 1949) until his retirement in 1963. Early in his career, he was instrumental in the design of the University's new Chemical Institute. He served on the Board of the Faculty of Science in the 1930s-1940s, and was active in several scientific societies, including the Chemical Society, of which he was a Fellow for more than 40 years. His colleagues commended his teaching ability and his supervision of numerous honours undergraduate and research students. ΓΆΒ Β" University of Glasgow Archive Services. Seller Inventory # S0293

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Title: The Cotton effect and related phenomena.
Publisher: G. Bell & Sons, 1933., London:
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Hardcover