Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume 357 1977 (Numbers 1688-1691)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1977. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Iv, 516 pages. With (folding) plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A VOLUME 357Number 1688 10 October 1977Ñ The Bernal Lecture, 1976. Scientific and social approaches for the solution of global problems. By P. L. Kapitza, F. R. S. Ñ Lightning and the long spark; the significance of leader-stroke velocity. By T. E. Allibone, F. R. S. And D. Dring. [Plates 1-6]Ñ Collective dynamical properties of molten salts: molecular dynamics calculations on sodium chloride. By Eveline M. Adams, I. R. McDonald and K. SingerÑ On transient relativistic thermodynamics and kinetic theory. By J. M. Stewart Ñ The Ca I absorption spectrum in the vacuum ultraviolet : excitation of the 3p-subshell. By M. W. D. Mansfield and G. H. Newsom. [Plates 1 and 2]Ñ On the outermost d-subshell absorption spectra of Ge I and Sn I. By J. P. Connerade and M. A. P. Martin. [Plate 1]Number 1689 24 October 1977Ñ Rutherford Memorial Lecture, 1977. Some episodes of the a-particle story, 1903-1977. By N. Feather, F. R. S. Ñ On the modulation of water waves in the neighbourhood of kh ˜ 1.363. By R. S. JohnsonÑ On the mechanics of high speed liquid jets. By J. E. Field and ? . B. Lesser. [Plates 1-6]Ñ Ignition and flame quenching in flowing gaseous mixtures. By D. R. Ballal and A. H. LefebvreÑ Viscosity effects in the free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate. By B. W. BrooksÑ Imperfection-sensitivity of semi-symmetric branching. By G. W. Hunt Ñ A digital scanning Auger electron microscope incorporating a concentric hemispherical analyser. By R. Browning, P. J. Bassett, ? . M. El Gomati and M. Prutton. [Plates 1 and 2]Ñ Uniaxial stress studies of the 2.498 eV (H4) , 2.417 eV and 2.536 eV vibronic hands in diamond. By E. S. De Sa and G. DaviesNumber 1690 4 November 1977Ñ On thermodynamics and the nature of the second law. By A. E. Green, F. R. S. And P. M. NaghdiÑ On an integral inequality. By W. N. Everitt and D. S. Jones, F. R. S. Ñ Elastic constants. I. By F. A. JohnsonÑ Elastic constants. II. By F. A. JohnsonÑ Elastic constants. III. By F. A. JohnsonÑ The interaction of entropy fluctuations with turbine blade rows; a mechanism of turbojet engine noise. By N. A. Cumpsty and F. E. Marble Ñ On the possible transition of the Gaussian model of an imperfect gas. By H. N. V. TemperleyÑ Oscillator strengths of Cr I lines lying between 200 and 541 nm from hook- method and absorption measurements in a furnace. By M. C. E. Huber and R. J. Sandeman. [Plate 1]Ñ Covariant point-splitting regularization for a scalar quantum field in a Robertson-Walker universe with spatial curvature. By T. S. Bunch and P. C. W. Davies Ñ Metastability of phase transitions and the tensile strength of liquids. By H. N. V. Temperley and D. H. TrevenaNUMBER 1691 21 NOVEMBER 1977Ñ Criteria for thermal explosions with and without reactant consumption. By T. Boddington, P. Gray, F. R. S. And G. C. WakeÑ Some families of finite groups having two generators and two relations. By C. M. Campbell, H. S. M. Coxeter, F. R. S. And E. F. Robertson Ñ The electrode potential within a growing stress corrosion crack. By P. Doig and P. E. J. FlewittÑ Periodic grain boundary structures in aluminium. I. A combined experimental and theoretical investigation of coincidence grain boundary structure in aluminium. By R. C. Pond and V. Vitek. [Plates 1-3]Ñ Periodic grain boundary structures in aluminium. II. A geometrical method for analysing periodic grain boundary structure and some related transmission electron microscope observations. By R. C. Pond. [Plate 1]Ñ Photoabsorption structure in lanthanides : 5p subshell spectra of Sm I, Eu I, Dy I, Ho I, Er I, Tm I, and Yb I. By D. H. Tracy. [Plate 1]Ñ Interchannel interactions and series quenching in the 5d and 6s spectra of Pb i. By J. P. Connerade, W. R. S. Garton, F. R. S, M. W. D. Mansfield and M. A. P. Martin. [Plates 1 and 2]. Good .

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