The electron, its isolation and measurement and the determination of some of its properties
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1. Front matter2. THE ELECTRON3. THE ELECTRON4. PREFACE5. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION6. INTRODUCTION7. CHAPTER I EARLY VIEWS OF ELECTRICITY8. CHAPTER II THE EXTENSION OF THE ELECTROLYTIC LAWS TO CONDUCTION IN GASES9. CHAPTER III EARLY ATTEMPTS AT THE DIRECT DETERMINATION OF10. TABLE I11. TABLE IIa SERIES 1 (BALANCED POSITIVE WATER DROPS)12. TABLE IIb SERIES 2 (BALANCED POSITIVE WATER DROPS)13. TABLE III14. CHAPTER IV GENERAL PROOF OF THE ATOMIC NATURE OF ELECTRICITY15. TABLE IV16. TABLE V17. TABLE VI18. TABLE VII19. TABLE VIII20. CHAPTER V THE EXACT EVALUATION OF21. TABLE IX22. TABLE X23. TABLE XI24. CHAPTER VI THE MECHANISM OF IONIZATION OF GASES BY X-RAYS AND RADIUM RAYS25. TABLE XII26. Table XIII27. CHAPTER VII BROWNIAN MOVEMENTS IN GASES28. TABLE XIV29. CHAPTER VIII IS THE ELECTRON ITSELF DIVISIBLE?30. CHAPTER IX THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM31. TABLE XV32. CHAPTER X THE NATURE OF RADIANT ENERGY33. APPENDIX A FROM MOBILITIES AND DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS34. APPENDIX B TOWNSEND’S FIRST ATTEMPT AT A DETERMINATION OF35. APPENDIX C THE BROWNIAN-MOVEMENT EQUATION36. APPENDIX D THE INERTIA OR MASS OF AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE ON A SPHERE OF RADIUS37. APPENDIX E MOLECULAR CROSS-SECTION AND MEAN FREE PATH38. APPENDIX F NUMBER OF FREE POSITIVE ELECTRONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM BY RUTHERFORD’S METHOD39. APPENDIX G BOHR’S THEORETICAL DERIVATION OF THE VALUE OF THE RYDBERG CONSTANT40. APPENDIX H A. H. COMPTON’S THEORETICAL DERIVATION OF THE CHANGE IN THE WAVE-LENGTH OF ETHER-WAVES BECAUSE OF SCATTERING BY FREE ELECTRONS41. APPENDIX I THE ELEMENTS, THEIR ATOMIC NUMBERS, ATOMIC WEIGHTS, AND CHEMICAL POSITIONS42. INDEX OF AUTHORS43. INDEX OF SUBJECTS