Radioactive Substances and Their Radiations by Rutherford, E - 1913

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1913. good hardcover. Previous owner inscription. Some spine damage. . Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Cover.

New.

Cambridge University Press, 1913. 8vo, 299pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy. Corners rubbed with wear to spine which is slightly cracked near the top. Offsetting to end pages.. Ex libris sticker of physicist, William Blair Morton.

Cambridge University Press, 1913-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3.8071 in x 21.8274 in x 14.9746 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback, in good condition for its age. Minor markings or wear to spine and book covers. Clean text, sound binding.

Cambridge: Cambridge at the University Press, 1913. First Edition . Cloth. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good with light foxing to green cloth and light handling wear , gilt titles clear and sharp on the spine , owners name to fep. PP 699. index, charts and diagrams

Cambridge: University Press, 1913. FIRST EDITION. With 5 plates and 131 text illustrations. Original green cloth, rubbed; signature of R.T. Beatty on half-title. First edition of Rutherford's last great work detailing the entire up-to-date development of the science of nuclear physics. According to the preface, "in the seven years that have elapsed since the publication of Radio-activity there has been such steady growth of knowledge of the properties of the radiations from active substances, and of the remarkable series of transformations that occur in them ... the present volume is an entirely new work." Rutherford, in describing the atom as a solar system with a mass at the center and planet-like negative electrons orbiting around it, was possibly the first to use the word "nucleus."Rutherford (1871-1937), a physicist at Cambridge, developed the revolutionary theory that radioactivity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. He also detected and named alpha and beta… Read More

Cambridge at the University Press, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. vii, [1]pp., 699pp. Illustrated. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Owner name on front fly, endpapers and page edges lightly soiled and age-toned, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, very good. Nobel laureate Rutherford's most up-to-date work on radioactivity science of the day.

UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, 1913 HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 X 6 INCHES WITH 8 + 699 PAGES. SEVERAL FLECKS TO CLOTH BOARDS [SEE IMAGE] FEW MINOR WRINKLES TO CLOTH SPINE, MINOR CRACKING TO INNER FRONT HINGE, OCCASIONAL MINOR FOXING TO PAGES & ENDPAPERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN IMAGE 1 THE BOOK HAS A REMOVABLE CLEAR COVERING THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.