Abstract
THIS book on the newest branch of physics, from the pen of its originator and chief exponent, deals with one of the most rapid and remarkable developments of modern scientific research. Tha “ionisation theory of gaseous conduction,” it is claimed in the preface, not only gives a simple and direct explanation of the electrical properties of gases, but also affords the means of subjecting the fundamental problems of the nature of electricity and the constitution of matter to direct experimental attack. The reason is very clearly set forth.
Conduction of Electricity through Gases.
By J. J. Thomson Pp. vi + 566. (Cambridge: University Press, 1903.) Price 16s.
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S., F. Conduction of Electricity through Gases . Nature 69, 74–75 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/069074a0
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