The Becquerel Rays and the Properties of Radium.
Published by London: Edward Arnold, 1904.
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.Ted Kottler, Bookseller
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2002
Condition: Used
US$ 250.00
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First Edition. vi, 1 leaf, 214 pp; 27 figs.; 3 plates; ads. Original cloth, 8vo. Spine very slightly sunned, else Near Fine. One of the first books on radioactivity, published in the same year as Ernest Rutherford's Radio-Activity and Soddy's Radio-Activity. "Ingenious experiments by R. J. Strutt. proved that the emanations given off by radioactive substances are not homogeneous but are of at least two different kinds, one of which will and another will not pass through tin-foil (Strutt, The Becquerel Rays. [giving an incorrect date]" (annotation to Printing and the Mind of Man 411).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Becquerel Rays and the Properties of Radium.
- Author
- STRUTT, Robert John, Fourth Baron Rayleigh:
- Publisher
- London: Edward Arnold, 1904.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Ted Kottler, Bookseller
Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2002
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I specialize in modern books on economics, science and philosophy, with an additional emphasis on scholarly books of all kinds.
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Ted Kottler, Bookseller
CA, U.S.A.
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