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PROGRESS in the subject of photoelectricity has been so great during the past ten years that there was real need for an authoritative account of recent investigations. This need has now been supplied by the admirable volume by Profs. A. L. Hughes and L. A. DuBridge, whose book provides a concise yet comprehensive survey of this interesting field. After a short introduction, four chapters are devoted to the experimental results as to the emission of electrons from metal surfaces illuminated by visible or ultraviolet light. Chap, iii on “The Photoelectric Threshold” includes data for the work functions of the metals which should be of considerable use.
Photoelectric Phenomena.
By Prof. A. LI. Hughes Prof. L. A. DuBridge. (International Series in Physics.) Pp. xii + 531. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1932.) 30s. net.
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ALLEN, H. Photoelectricity. Nature 130, 616 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130616a0
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