Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume CLIV 1936 (Numbers 881-883)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1936. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. V, viii, 728 pages. With plates, diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & slight soiling to spine, covers & corners. Spine slightly faded. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A VOL CLIVNo. A 881-March 2, 1936.Ñ On the Force between Two Coaxial Single Layer Helices Carrying Current. By Sir R. Glazebrook, F. R. S, and H. M. Lyon Ñ Castigliano+s Principle of Minimum Strain-Energy. By R. V. Southwell, F. R. S. Ñ On the Foundations of Dynamics. By E. A. Milne, F. R. S Ñ The Symmetrical Spiro-heptanediamine and its Resolution into Optically Active Components. By S. E. Janson and Sir William Pope, F. R. S Ñ The Inertia of Electrons in Metals. By C. G. Darwin, F. R. SÑ On the Action of Viscosity in Increasing the Spacing Ratio of a Vortex Street. By S. G. Hooker. Communicated by L. Bairstow, F. R. S. (Plate 1) Ñ Fluorescent Emission of the Mercury Line 2537 A at Pressures between 10-3 and KE1 mm. By P. Pringsheim and O. D. Saltmarsh. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S. (Plate 2) Ñ The Influence of Pressure on the Spontaneous Ignition of Inflammable Gas-Air Mixtures. IV-Methane-, Ethane-, and Propane-Air Mixtures. By D. T. A. Townend and E. A. C. Chamberlain. Communicated by W. A. Bone, F. R. S Ñ The Mobility of Potassium on Tungsten. By R. C. L. Bosworth. Communicated by E. K. Rideal, F. R. S Ñ Statistical Information and Properties of Sufficiency. By M. S. Bartlett. Communicated by G. U. Yule, F. R. S Ñ Extreme Infra-Red Dispersion of Polar and Non-Polar Liquids. By C. H. Cartwright and J. Errera. Communicated by E. K. Rideal, F. R. S Ñ The Bore in the Trent. By the late H. H. Champion and R. H. Corkan. Communicated by A. T. Doodson, F. R. S Ñ The Continuous Absorption Spectrum of Hydrogen Iodide. By C. F. Goodeve and A. W. C. Taylor. Communicated by F. G. Donnan, F. R. S Ñ X-Ray Analysis of the Dibenzyl Series. Ill-The Structure of Stilbene, Tolane, and Azobenzene. By J. M. Robertson, M. Prasad, and I. Woodward. Communicated by Sir William Bragg, F. R. S Ñ The Scattering of Positrons by Electrons with Exchange on Dirac+s Theory of the Positron. By H. J. Bhabha. Communicated by R. H. Fowler, F. R. S Ñ Statistical Theory of Superlattices with Unequal Concentrations of the Components. By R. Peierls. Communicated by W. L. Bragg, F. R. S. Ñ The Nature of Large Cosmic-Ray Bursts. By H. Carmichael. Communicated by Lord Rutherford, O. M, F. R. S. (Plates 3 and 4) Ñ Experiments with High Velocity Positive Ions. V-Further Experiments on the Disintegration of Boron. By J. D. Cockcroft and W. B. Lewis. Communicated by Lord Rutherford, O. M, F. R. S Ñ Experiments with High Velocity Positive Ions. VI-The Disintegration of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen by Deuterons. By J. D. Cockcroft and W. B. Lewis. Communicated by Lord Rutherford, O. M, F. R. S. Ñ The Disintegration of Boron into Three a-Particles. By P. I. Dee and C. W. Gilbert. Communicated by Lord Rutherford, O. M, F. R. S. (Plates 5 and 6) No. A 882-April 1, 1936.Ñ Comparative Studies of the Slow Combustion of Methane, Methyl Alcohol, Formaldehyde, and Formic Acid. By W. A. Bone, F. R. S, and J. B. Gardner Ñ The Initial Formation of Alcohols During the Slow Combustion of Methane and Ethane at Atmospheric Pressure. By D. M. Newitt and J. B. Gardner. Communicated by W. A. Bone, F. R. S Ñ Catalysis and Inhibition of a Homogeneous Gas Reaction. The Influence of Nitric Oxide on the Decomposition of Diethyl Ether. By L. A. K. Staveley and C. N. Hinshelwood, F. R. S Ñ Heterochromatic Photometry of the Ultra-Violet Region. By E. J. Bowen, F. R. S Ñ Gauss's Theorem in General Relativity. By G. Temple. Communicated by Sir Arthur Eddington, F. R. S Ñ On the Calculation of the Velocity and Temperature Distributions for Flow along a Flat Plate. By L. Howarth. Communicated by G. I. Taylor, F. R. S Ñ Magnetic Properties of Supraconductors. By T. C. Keeley and K. Mendelssohn. Communicated by F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S Ñ Helium-Ratios of Rocks and Minerals from the Diamond Pipes of South Africa. By A. Holmes and F. A. Paneth. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, F. R. S. Ñ The Theory of Reactions Involving Proton Transfers. By R. P. Bell. Communicated by C. N. Hinshelwood, F. R. S Ñ The Equilibrium and Elastic Stability of a Thin Twisted Strip. By A. E. Green. Communicated by G. I. Taylor, F. R. S Ñ The Temperatures and Constituents of the Upper Atmosphere. By D. F. Martyn and O. O. Pulley. Communicated by Lord Rutherford, O. M, F. R. S Ñ On the Interaction of Two Particles. By H. R. Hulme. Communicated by P. A. M. Dirac, F. R. S Ñ The Flexure of a Prism with Cross-Section Bounded by a Cardioid. By W. M. Shepherd. Communicated by L. N. G. Filon, F. R. S Ñ A New Attack upon the Problem of Fatigue of Metals, using X-Ray Methods of Precision. By H. J. Gough, F. R. S, and W. A. Wood. (Plates 7-17) Ñ Studies in Thixotropic Gelation. I-The Mechanism of Thixotropic Gelation. By J. L. Russell and E. K. Rideal, F. R. S Ñ Studies on Thixotropic Gelation. II-The Coagulation of Clay Suspensions. By J. L. Russell. Communicated by E. K. Rideal, F. R. S Ñ The Calculation of Atomic Weights from Nuclear Reaction Energies. By H. A. Wilson, F. R. S Ñ The Measurement of the Energy of Cosmic Rays. I-The Electro-Magnet and Cloud Chamber. By P. M. S. Blackett, F. R. S Ñ The Measurement of the Energy of Cosmic Rays. II-The Curvature Measure-ments and the Energy Spectrum. By P. M. S. Blackett, F. R. S, and R. B. Brode. (Plate 18) Ñ Self-consistent Field, with Exchange, for Beryllium. II-The (2s) (2p) 3P and 1P Excited States. By D. R. Hartree, F. R. S, and W. Hartree Ñ Measurements of Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface by the Microtome Method. By J. W. McBain, F. R. S, and R. C. Swain Ñ The Van der Waals Potential and the Lattice Energy of a n-CH2 Chain Molecule in a Paraffin Crystal. By A. Mƒller. Communicated by Sir William Bragg, F. R. S Ñ Physical Properties of Surfaces. Ill-The Surface Temperature of Sliding Metals. The Temperature of Lubricated Surfaces. By F. P. Bowden and K. E. W. Ridler. Communicated by T. M. Lowry, F. R. S Ñ Collective Electron Specific Heat and Spin Paramagnetism in Metals. By E. C. Stoner. Communicated by R. Whiddington, F. R. S Ñ Isotope Shift in the Resonance Line of Magnesium. By D. A. Jackson and H. Kuhn. Communicated by F. A. Lindemann, F. R. S. (Plate 19) Ñ The Effect of Pressure up to 12000 kg. /cm3 on Reactions in Solution. By E. G. Williams, M. W. Perrin, and R. O. Gibson. Communicated by C. N. Hinshelwood, F. R. S Ñ A Comparison of the Absorption Spectra of Some Typical Symmetrical Cyanine Dyes. By N. I. Fisher and F. M. Hamer. Communicated by Sir William Pope, F.R.S. Good .

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