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PROF. MURANI'S volume upon light and Röntgen rays does credit to Italian science. It may be described as a work on light, with special reference to Röntgen rays. The general phenomena of light—such as reflection, refraction, diffraction, decomposition, polarisation, &c, are first explained, and then the character of the electric discharge in rarefied gases and high-vacuum tubes are described. This naturally leads to Lenard's and Röntgen's investigations, and once launched in the sea of X-ray literature the author has no difficulty in finding material upon which to exercise his powers of composition. The work of English investigators is frequently referred to, and an attempt has been made to include the best of what has been done and thought in connection with Röntgen rays. The illustrations are fairly numerous (there are 157, and 15 plates), but they are no better than those published in other works on the same subject. As is common in continental publications, the book is published without an index.
Luce e Raggi Röntgen.
By Oreste Murani. With a preface by Prof. R. Ferrini. Pp. x & 392. (Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1898,)
15 Lezioni Sperimentali su la Luce.
By A. Garbasso. Pp. iv + 259. (Milan: Office of L'Elettricitá, 1897).
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Luce e Raggi Röntgen 15 Lezioni Sperimentali su la Luce. Nature 56, 587 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056587a0
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