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The Spectrum of the Radium Emanation" [in] Proceedings of the Royal Society, volume LXXIII, No. 495.
by Ramsay, William & J. Norman Collie
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London: Harrison and Sons & R. Friedländer & Sohn for the Royal Society, June 22, 1904. Octavo. Original grey-green wrappers printed in black. 2 folding graphs. Index leaves on onion skin paper loosely inserted. Contents partially unopened, leaf 2K7 clumsily opened with slight loss from the margin. Wrappers toned along the spine and edges, a little rubbing and some nicks and creases along the edges, slight loss from the head of the spine. Very good condition. First edition, the journal issue in original wrappers. Chemist Sir William Ramsay's (1852-1916) most important research was on the noble, or inert, gases. He was the first to isolate helium and discovered neon, krypton, xenon, and argon, the latter being the element for which he and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, were awarded Nobel Prizes in 1905. In his Nobel lecture Ramsay described on-going spectroscopic work on radium, begun in 1903: "Much work remains to be done on these emanations. In conjunction with Dr. Collie, my colleague, the spectrum of the radium emanation has been mapped. It resembles generally speaking those of the inert gases... It might then be an unstable member of the argon family; there is a vacant place for an element with atomic weight about 162". Ramsay's work with radium was not particularly fruitful, and this paper mainly deals with efforts to purify samples and obtain accurate readings.
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- Title
- The Spectrum of the Radium Emanation" [in] Proceedings of the Royal Society, volume LXXIII, No. 495.
- Author
- Ramsay, William & J. Norman Collie
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Harrison and Sons & R. Friedländer & Sohn for the Royal Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- June 22, 1904
- Keywords
- Physics|Nuclear Physics
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