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Positive ray parabolas

  • 1922

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Photographic reproductions of parabolas illustrate typical positive ray parabolas, multiply charged parabolas of mercury as well as parabolas of neon and lithium.

Digitized in entirety, this work on isotopes covers topics including radioactive isotopes, positive rays, neon, the mass spectrograph, analysis of the elements, electrical theory of matter, atomic numbers, spectra and analysis of elements. Illustrations throughout text including four plates.

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  • 152 pages
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Aston, Francis William. “Positive Ray Parabolas.” Isotopes. London, England: Edward Arnold (Publishers), 1922. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/79407z32j.

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