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287 - X-Rays.- Michelson (Albert) "The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Ether", in The American Journal of Science, fourth series, vol.3, pp.475-478,Âex-library copy with ink-stamps, library half morocco, tape and library label to spine and covers, covers stained, extremities worn,ÂNew Haven, 1897; and vol. 4 and 5 from the same series of the journal, 8vo (3)
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X-Rays.- Michelson (Albert) "The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Ether", in The American Journal of Science, fourth series, vol.3, pp.475-478,Âex-library copy with ink-stamps, library half morocco, tape and library label to spine and covers, covers stained, extremities worn,ÂNew Haven, 1897; and vol. 4 and 5 from the same series of the journal, 8vo (3) *** Included are two other distinct contributions by Michelson, "A Spectroscope without Prisms or Gratings" and "A New Harmonic Analyzer". Together, these works form a part of the broader body of research that led to him winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907. Along with these contributions is Henry Augustus Rowland's "Electrical Measurement by Alternating Currents"; a high-level work in electrical metrology. Further articles devoted to X-Rays included within these volumes are: John Trowbridge and John Burbank's "Source of the X-Rays", Burbank's "X-Rays and Mineral Phosphorescence", and William Lispenard Robb's "Solarization Effects in Röntgen Ray Photographs".
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