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Röntgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode and Kathode The Constitution and Functions of Gases, the Nature of Radiance and the Law of Radiation

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ALTHOUGH it is but a short time since Röntgen published his famous work on the X-rays, the very large number of scientific papers dealing with the subject, which have been published in all parts of the civilised world, makes the labour entailed in the production of a book of this kind very large.

Röntgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode and Kathode.

By Edward P. Thompson; with a concluding chapter by Prof. William A. Anthony. Pp. xiv + 190. (New York: Van Nostrand. London: Spon.)

The Constitution and Functions of Gases, the Nature of Radiance and the Law of Radiation.

By Severinus J. Corrigan. Pp. viii + 127. (St. Paul: Pioneer Press Company, 1895.)

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R., E. Röntgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode and Kathode The Constitution and Functions of Gases, the Nature of Radiance and the Law of Radiation. Nature 55, 386–387 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055386a0

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