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257 - Discovery of the electron.- Thomson (J. J.) "Cathode Rays", in Philosophical Magazine, fifth series, vol. 44, pp. 293-316, title browned, library cloth-backed boards, spine browned, light rubbing to extremities, [PMM 386], 1897; and vol.42 of the same periodical,8vo (2)

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Discovery of the electron.- Thomson (J. J.) "Cathode Rays", in Philosophical Magazine, fifth series, vol. 44, pp. 293-316, title browned, library cloth-backed boards, spine browned, light rubbing to extremities, [PMM 386], 1897; and vol.42 of the same periodical,8vo (2) ***The first of Thomson's papers on the discovery of sub-atomic particles. "Thomson's discovery opened up new fields of investigation in almost every branch of physics and initiated such departments as thermionics and photo-electricity." - PMM. Other articles of note included in these volumes are: J.J. Thomson's "On the Passage of Electricity through Gases exposed to Rontgen Rays", J.A. Fleming's "A Further Examination of the Edison Effect in Glow Lamps", Albert A. Michelson's "Radiation in a Magnetic Field", and E. Rutherford's "The Velocity and Rate of Recombination of the Ions of Gases exposed to Rontgen Radiation"

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