The Net Advance of Physics RETRO:
ATOMS & MOLECULES

ATOMIC & MOLECULAR PHYSICS from 1790 to 1940,
excluding works strongly dependent upon quantum mechanics.

Most material in Net Advance Retro is very old. It may be obsolete or incorrect. For more recent technical information, please consult the atomic physics and physical chemistry pages at the regular Net Advance site.

WARNING:
Experimental projects described in old scientific papers are frequently unsafe. This is especially true of projects described as "suitable for amateurs" or "suitable for children"; such projects are rarely suitable for children or amateurs in the Twenty-first Century.

• General:
  Notes to Assist the Memory in Various Sciences by Walter Hamilton [London: John Murray, 1827]
  • Matter and Motion by James Clerk Maxwell [London: SPCK, 1920]. Reprint of 1877 edition, with new notes by Larmor.
  • The Recent Development of Physical Science by W. C. D. Whetham [Philadelphia: Blakiston, 1904]

• Type: HYDROGEN:
  • The Scattering of Hydrogen Positive Rays, and the Existence of a Powerful Field of Force in the Hydrogen Molecule by G. P. Thomson [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 102, 197 (1922)]

• Aspects: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBATOMIC PARTICLES; THERMODYNAMICS

• Aspects: IONISATION:
  • A New Method for Studying Ionising Potentials by H. D. Smyth [Phil. Trans. R. S. L. 102, 283 (1922)]

THE NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS --- Retro