"Structure of the Radioactive Atom and Origin of the [alpha]-rays in "The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science"

Rutherford, Ernest.

Publication Date: 1927

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Rutherford, Ernest. Structure of the Radioactive Atom and Origin of the [alpha]-rays in "The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science" 4 No. 22 pp. 580 605, September 1927. The Rutherford is offered in the full volume 0f ix, 1372pp, with 24 plates. The volume has been beautifully rebound in half calf and marbled boards, with raised bands making for a five-panel spine. Beautiful binding and restoration. FINE copy. $750 "Rutherford described his theory of the atomic nucleus in 1927 in Structure of the Radioactive Atom and Origin of the α-rays (The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 4 No. 22 pp. 580 605, September 1927). He wrote the following: The nucleus of a heavy atom has certain well defined regions in its structure. At the centre is a controlling charged nucleus of very small dimensions surrounded at a distance by a number of neutral satellites [in his view consisting of protons and electrons] describing quantum orbits controlled by the electric field from the central nucleus. In Rutherford's model, alpha particles are ejected when one of these satellites escapes and loses its electron(s). Wenner, History of Physics, page 401 "…) describes the puzzle relating to uranium scattering leading Gamow to his theory of alpha decay." Wenner, pg 477. [++] Also in this volume: J.J. Thomson, "The Electrodeless Discharge through Gases", pp 1128-1160; Waller. "On the Scattering of Radiation from Atoms", pp 1228-1237; Ludwig Silberstein, "The Transparency of Turbid Media", pp 1291-1296; Millikan and Bowen, "Spectral Relationships of Lines Arising from the Atoms of the First Row of the Periodic Table", pp 561-581; Sugiura, "Application of Schrodinger's wave functions.", and many others.

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• Title: "Structure of the Radioactive Atom and Origin of the [alpha]-rays in "The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science"
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
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