Author: THOMSON, J.J.
Title: Conduction of electricity through gases.
Description: Cambridge, University Press, 1903. W. 183 ills. Original publ. cl., gilt. (VIII, 566 pp.). DSB III, 362/372: 'The first edition of the famous...is a monument to...coordinated researches.' Taton, 156: 'In 1903, J.J. Thomson showed in ...that all the observed facts could be explained on the assumption that the conduction of electricity through gases is due to the presence of 'small particles of electricity called ions.' Thomson's book helps one to gain a fair idea of what was known about ionized gasses at the turn of the century.': Not in Wheeler: Ekelöf II, 53: First ed.

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