Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume 174 1940 (Numbers 956-959)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1940. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. V, 584 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. Covers slightly scuffed. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; CONTENTS SERIES A VOL 174 No. A 956. 12 January 1940Ñ The thermal capacity of pure iron. By J. H. Awberry and E. Griffiths, F. R. SÑ A new derivation of the quadratic equation for the masses of the proton and electron. By Sir Arthur Eddington, F. R. S. Ñ The masses of the neutron and mesotron. By Sir Arthur Eddington, F. R. S. Ñ Kinetics of the thermal decomposition of fully deuterated diethyl ether. By J. G. Davoud and C. N. Hinshelwood Ñ The lamellar structure of potash-soda felspars. By S. H. Chao and W. H. Taylor Ñ The scattering of mesotrons in metal plates. By J. G. Wilson. (Plate 1) Ñ The photodisintegration of the deuteron in the meson theory. By H. FrÜhlich, W. Heitler and B. Kahn Ñ Critical and co-operative phenomena. V. Specific heats of solids and liquids. By A. F. Devonshire Ñ The emission spectrum of hydrocarbon flames. By E. C. W. Smith. (Plates 2, 3) Ñ On the production of radium E and polonium by deuteron bombardment of bismuth. By D. G. Hurst, R. Latham and W. B. Lewis Ñ The torsional flexibility of aliphatic chain molecules. By A. Mƒller No. A 957.1February1940Ñ Wave form, energy and reflexion by the ionosphere, of atmospherics. By T. H. Laby, F. R. S, J. J. McNeill, F. G. Nicholls and A. F. B. Nickson. (Plates 4, 5) Ñ Determinations of the Rydberg constants, e/m, and the fine structures of Ha and Da by means of a reflexion echelon. By J. W. Drinkwater, Sir Owen Richardson, F. R. S, and W. E. Williams. (Plates 6, 7) Ñ Statistical thermodynamics of super-lattices. By R. H. Fowler, F. R. S, and E. A. Guggenheim Ñ The absorption spectra of ethylene, deutero-ethylene and some alkyl- substituted ethylenes in the vacuum ultra-violet. By W. C. Price and W. T. Tutte. (Plates 8, 9) Ñ The absorption spectra of conjugated dienes in the vacuum ultra-violet (D. By W. C. Price and A. D. Walsh. (Plates 10, 11) Ñ Investigations of infra-red spectra (2.5-7.5¦) . Absorption of water. By J. J. Fox and A. E. Martin Ñ The specific heat of superconducting mercury, indium and thallium. By A. D. Misener Ñ The molecular spectrum of iodine excited by fluorescence (in the presence of nitrogen) and by active nitrogen. By A. Elliott. (Plates 12, 13) No. A 958. 21 February 1940Ñ Adsorption of lauryl sulphonic acid in the surface of its aqueous solution, and the Gibbs theorem. By J. W. McBain, F. R. S, and L. A. Wood Ñ The association of meteorological changes with variations of ionization in the F2 region of the ionosphere. By J. Bannon, A. J. Higgs, D. F. Martyn and G. H. Munro. (Plate 14) Ñ Behaviour of the crystalline structure of brass under slow and rapid cyclic stresses. By W. A. Wood and P. L. Thorpe. (Plates 15, 16) Ñ The equilibrium of grains on the bed of a stream. By C. M. White Ñ The neutrons from the disintegration of fluorine by deuterons. By T. W. Bonner. (Plate 17) Ñ The transfer of excitation energy from uranium ions in solution. By A. H. Carter and J. WeissÑ Rotational analysis of the first negative band spectrum of oxygen. II. By T. E. Nevin Ñ The combustion of aromatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons. III. Ignition and cool-flame characteristics. By J. H. Burgoyne, T. L. Tang and D. M. Newitt Ñ The combustion of aromatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons. IV. The kinetics of the slow combustion of benzene and its mono-alkyl derivatives at low temperatures. By J. H. Burgoyne Ñ The thermal decomposition of nitrogen iodide. By F. R. Meldrum Ñ The heat of formation of nitrogen iodide. By F. R. Meldrum No. A 959. 8 March 1940Ñ On the natural frequencies of vibrating systems. By R. V. Southwell, F. R. SÑ The lattIce spacings of the primary solid solutions of silver, cadmium and indium in magnesium. By G. V. Raynor Ñ The equilibrium and lattice-spacing relations in the system magnesium-cadmium. By W. Hume-Rothery, F. R. S, and G. V. Raynor Ñ The dehydration of crystals of chrome alum. By J. A. Cooper and W. E. Garner, F. R. S. (Plate 18) Ñ The repulsive forces between isotopic molecules. By R. P. BellÑ On the statistical method in nuclear theory. By K. FuchsÑ Calculation of nuclear energies and stability by the statistical method. By B. Spain Ñ Some measurements of ? -ray energies. By S. C. Curran, P. I. Dee and J. E. StrothersÑ Reciprocity failure of photographic materials at short exposure times. By W. F. Berg. Good .

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