Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume CIII 1923 (Numbers 720-723)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1923. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Vi, 709 pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Slight fraying to head and foot spine. Front cover somewhat scuffed. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A. VOL. CIII. Ñ Minutes of Meetings, March 1, 8, 15, 22 ; April 26; May 3, 10, 17, 31 ; June 7, 14, 1923.No. A 720.-April 3, 1923.Ñ The Effect of Temperature on some of the Properties of Steel. By H. K. A. Mallock, F. R. SÑ Further Researches on the Strength of Materials. By Prof. W. E. Dalby, F. R. S. Ñ A Study of Catalytic Actions at Solid Surfaces. X. -The Interaction of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen as conditioned by Nickel at relatively Low Temperatures. -A Practical Synthesis of Methane. By E. F. Armstrong, D. Sc, F. R. S, and T. P. Hilditch, D. Sc Ñ Studies of Iridescent Colour and the Structure Producing it. III. -The Colours of Labrador Felspar. By Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S. (Plate 1) Ñ Further Observations on the Spectrum of the Night Sky. By Lord Rayleigh, F. R. SÑ The Motion of Electrons in Gases. By H. A. Wilson, F. R. S, Professor of Physics, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas Ñ The Motion of Ellipsoidal Particles in a Viscous Fluid. By G. I. Taylor, F. R. S. Ñ The Study of Forked a-Ray Tracks. By P. M. S. Blackett, B. A, Charles Kingsley Bye-Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plates 2 and 3) Ñ Inductively Coupled Low Resistance Circuits. By Charles H. Lees, D. Sc, F. R. S. Ñ On the Nature of Atmospherics. -I. By R. A. Watson Watt, B. Sc, F. Inst. P, and E. V. Appleton, M. A, D. Sc. Communicated by Sir Henry Jackson, F. R. S Ñ Sources of Error in the Measurement of the Electrical Charge of Colloidal Particles by the Method of Moving Boundaries : an Improved Method based on a Direct Measurement of the Potential Gradient across the Boundary. By Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee, M. Sc. Communicated by Prof. F. G. Donnan, F. R. S. Ñ The Fatigue Failure of Metals. By C. F. Jenkin. Communicated by Sir Alfred Ewing, K. C. B, F. R. S Ñ Some Moisture Relations of Colloids. -I. A Comparative Study of the Rates of Evaporation of Water from Wool, Sand and Clay. By E. A. Fisher, M. A, B. Sc. (Oxon. ) , F. I. C, F. Inst. P, University of Leeds. Communicated by Prof. A. Smithells, F. R. S Ñ Multenions and Differential Invariants. -III. By Alex. McAulay, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Tasmania. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, Sec. R. S Ñ The Specific Heats of Air, Steam, and Carbon Dioxide. By W. D. Womersley, M. A. Communicated by Sir Dugald Clark, F. R. S Ñ On the Susceptibility of Feebly Magnetic Bodies as affected by Tension. By Ernest Wilson, M. Inst. C. E, M. Inst. E. E, Siemens Professor of Electrical Engineering in the University of London. Communicated by Prof. O. W. Richardson, F. R. S Ñ Note on the Adsorption of Gases by Solids and the Thickness of the Adsorbed Layer. By M. H. Evans, B. Sc, and H. J. George, M. A, Research Fellow and Assistant Tutor, Jesus College, Oxford. Communicated by Mr. D. L. Chapman, F. R. S Ñ The Line Spectrum of Chlorine in the Ultra-Violet (Region ? 3354-2070 A. ) . By W. Jevons, A. B. C. Sc, M. Sc, Lecturer in Physics, Artillery College, Woolwich. Communicated by Prof. H. C. Plummer, F. R. S No. A 721.-May 3, 1923.Ñ Gaseous Combustion at High Pressures. Part III. -The Energy-Absorbing Function and Activation of Nitrogen in the Combustion of Carbon Monoxide. By William Arthur Bone, D. Sc, Ph. D, F. R. S, Dudley Maurice Newitt, B. Sc, D. I. C, and Donald T. A. Townsend, B. Sc, D. I. C Ñ Studies of Iridescent Colour, and the Structure producing it. IV. -Iridescent Beetles. By Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S. (Plate 4) Ñ The Valve-maintained Tuning-fork as a Precision Time-standard. By D. Dye, B. Sc. Communicated by Sir Joseph Petavel, F. R. S Ñ The Indicator Method for the Determination of Coefficients of Diffusion in Gels, with Special Reference to the Diffusion of Chlorides. By Walter Stiles, Sc. D, Professor of Botany in University College, Reading. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, Sec. R. S Ñ Metal Sols in Non-Dissociating Liquids. I. -Nickel in Toluene and Benzene. By Emil Hatschek and Percy Cyril Lesley Thorne. Communicated by Prof. A. W. Porter, F. R. S Ñ Determination of Velocity of Explosion Waves of Small Amplitude in Sea Water. Ñ Variation of Velocity with Temperature. By A. B. Wood, D. Sc, F. Inst. P, Captain ? . E. Browne, O. B. E, R. N, and C. Cochrane, M. A, B. Sc. Communicated by F. E. Smith, F. R. S Ñ On the Fluorescence and Channelled Absorption Spectra of Caesium and other Alkali Elements. By J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, Professor of Physics, and D. S. Ainslie, M. A, University of Toronto. (Plate 5 and 6) Ñ The Structure of the Band Spectrum of Helium. -II. By W. E. Curtis, D. Sc, A. R. C. S, Reader in Physics in the University of London, King+s College. Communicated by Prof. O. W. Richardson, F. R. S Ñ Note on the Series Spectra of the Aluminium Sub-Group. By J. A. Carroll, B. A, Isaac Newton Student, University of Cambridge. Communicated by Prof. A. Fowler, F. R. S. (Plate 7) Ñ A Note on the Temperature of the Air at Great Heights. By F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, and G. ? . B. Dobson, M. A, Lecturer in Meteorology, University of Oxford Ñ The Photo-chemistry of Potassium Permanganate. Part I. -Application of the Potentiometer to the Study of Photo-chemical Change. By E. K. Bideal and B. G. W. Norrish. Communicated by Sir W. J. Pope, F. R. S. No. A 722.-June 1, 1923.Ñ The Photo-chemistry of Potassium Permanganate. Part II. --On the Energetics of the Photo-Decomposition of Potassium Permanganate. By E. K. Bideal and B. G. W. Norrish. Communicated by Sir W. J. Pope, F. R. S. (Plate 8) Ñ On Spectra associated with Carbon. By T. B. Merton, M. A, D. Sc, F. R. S, Professor of Spectroscopy in the University of Oxford, and B. C. Johnson, B. A, B. Sc, Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford. (Plates 9 and 10) Ñ On the Influence of Magnetic Fields on the Polarisation of Besonance Radiation. Bv B. W. Wood, For. Mem. B. S, and Alexander Ellett Ñ On LindelÜf+s Hypothesis concerning the Biemann Zeta-Function. By G. H. Hardy, F. R. S, and J. E. Littlewood, F. R. S. Ñ The Series Spectrum of Trebly-Ionised Silicon (Si IV) . By A. Fowler, F. R. S, Professor of Astrophysics, Imperial College, South Kensington Ñ Vapour Pressure and Density of Sodium Chloride Solutions. By W. B. Bousfield, K. C, F. R. S, and C. Elspeth Bousfield Ñ A Study of the Oxidation of Copper and the Beduction of Copper Oxide by a New Method. By W. G. Palmer, Fellow of St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Sir William Pope, F. R. S. Ñ A Critical Search for a Heavier Constituent of the Atmosphere by Means of the Mass-Spectrograph. By F. W. Aston, D. Sc, F. R. S, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Ñ The Vapour Pressure of Lead. -I. By A. C. Egerton. Communicated by Prof. F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S. Ñ Some Density Determinations. By A. C. Egerton and W. B. Lee. Communicated by Prof. F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S. Ñ Separation of Isotopes of Zinc. By A. C. Egerton and W. B. Lee. Communicated by Prof. F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S. Ñ On a Certain Family of Periodic Solutions of Differential Equations, with an Application to the Triode Oscillator. By W. ? . H. Greaves, M. A, Fellow of St. John+s College, Cambridge, and Isaac Newton Student. Communicated by H. F. Baker, Sc. D, F. R. S, Lowndean Professor Ñ The Pressures of Gaseous Mixtures. By Irvine Masson, D. Sc, and L. G. F. Dolley, B. Sc, 1851 Exhibition Research Scholar. Communicated by Prof. F. G. Donnan, F. R. S No. A 723.-July 2, 1923.Ñ Calorimetry of High Explosives. By Sir Robert Robertson, F. R. S, and William Edward GarnerÑ A Stream-line Filter. By H. S. Hele-Shaw, F. R. S Ñ On the Di-Phasic Nature of Glass, as shown by Photo-Elastic Observations. By L. N. G. Filon, M. A, D. Sc, F. R. S, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics in the University of London, and F. C. Harris, B. Sc, University College, London Ñ Studies in Wave Resistance : Influence of the Form of the Water-plane Section of the Ship. T. H. Havelock, F. R. S Ñ A Study of Catalytic Actions at Solid Surfaces. Part XI. -The Action of Alumina and certain other Oxides in Promoting the Activity of Nickel Catalyst. By E. F. Armstrong, D. Sc, F. R. S, and T. P. Hilditch D. Sc Ñ Stress Distribution in a Rectangular Plate having two Opposing Edges Sheared in Opposite Directions. By C. E. Inglis, M. A, M. I. C. E. Communicated by Prof. E. G. Coker, F. R. S Ñ The Origin of Osmotic Effects. IV. -Hydronodvnamie Change in Aqueous Solutions. By Henry E. Armstrong, F. R. S Ñ Electrolytic Conduction : Sequel to an Attempt (1886) to apply a Theory of Residual Affinity. By Henry E. Armstrong, F. R. S Ñ Experiments with the Hopkinson Pressure Bar. By J. W. Landon, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, and H. Quinney, Demonstrator at the Engineering Laboratory, Cambridge. Communicated by Sir J. A. Ewing, K. C. B, F. R. S Ñ A Generalized Vector Analysis of Four Dimensions. By H. T. Flint, King+s College, London. Communicated by Prof. O. W. Richardson, F. R. S Ñ Some Moisture Relations of Colloids. II. -Further Observations on the Evaporation of Water from Clay and Wool. By E. A. Fisher, M. A, B. Sc. (Oxon. ) , F. I. C, F. Inst. P, Department of Textile Industries, University of Leeds. Communicated by Prof. A. Smithells, F. R. S Ñ The Structure of Thin Films. Part IV. -Benzene Derivatives. A Condition of Stability in Monomolecular Films. By N. K. Adam, M. A. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, Sec.R.S Ñ The Structure of Thin Films.-Part V. By N. K. Adam, M.A. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, Sec.R.S Ñ The Spectrum of Ammonia. By W. B. Rimmer, M.Sc, D.I.C, Research Student, Imperial College of Science and Technology. Communicated by Prof. A. Fowler, F.R.S. (Plate 11). Good .

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