Abstract
IT is seldom in the history of any science that three fundamental discoveries are included within the brief space of three years. The discovery of X-rays in 1895 marks a new epóch in the history of physical science, for it led early in 1896 to the discovery of radio-activity and was followed in 1897 by the proof of the nature of the kathode rays and the advent of the electron as a definite entity. In the following years an ever-increasing fraction of the energy of workers in physics has been devoted to a study of the numerous important problems which have arisen from these three primary discoveries.
(1) Studies in Radioactivity.
Prof. W. H. Bragg, F.R.S. Pp. xi + 196. Macmillan's Science Monographs. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1912.) Price 5s. net.
(2) The Electrical Properties of Flames and of Incandescent Solids.
Prof. H. A. Wilson, F. R. S. Pp. vii + 119 (London: University of London Press; Hodder and Stoughton, 1912.) Price 6s. net.
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R., E. (1) Studies in Radioactivity (2) The Electrical Properties of Flames and of Incandescent Solids . Nature 90, 694–695 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/090694a0
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