THE DISCVERY OF ELECTRON DIFFRACTION

DAVISSON, C. J.

Electrons and Quanta.

New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1929. Lex8vo. Volume VIII, April, No. 1, 1929 of "The Bell System Technical Journal". In the original printed blue wrappers. Even soiling to spine and back wrapper. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 217-224. [Entire issue: Pp. 217-434].

First edition of Davisson's paper on electrons and quanta. Together with George Paget Thomson he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1937 for his discovery of electron diffraction.

"The experiments by the author and L. H. Germer, by G. P. Thomson and by others from which the wave properties of electrons are adduced are briefly described. The agreement between the results of these experiments and the prediction of L. de Broglie is pointed out. The wave and corpuscular properties of electrons are compared with the similar properties of light quanta." (From the introduction to the present paper).

Other papers contained in the present issue:
1. Williams, R.R.; Murphy, E.J.The Predominating Influence of Moisture and Electrolytic Material Upon Textiles as Insulators. Pp. 225-242.
2. Glenn, H.H.; Wood, E.B. Purified Textile Insulation for Telephone Central Office Wiring. Pp. 243-256.
3. Townsend, J.R.Telephone Apparatus Springs: A Review of the Principal Types and the Properties Desired of These Springs. Pp. 257-266.
4. Herman, J.Effect of Signal Distortion on Morse Telegraph Transmission Quality. Pp. 267-285.
5. Johnson, J.B.A Braun Tube Hysteresigraph. Pp. 286-308.
6. Bailey, Austin; Dean, S.W.; Wintringham, W.T.The Receiving System for Long-Wave Transatlantic Radio Telephony. Pp. 309-367.
7. Marrison, W.A.Oscillographs for Recording Transient Phenomena. Pp. 368-390.
8. Darrow, Karl K.Contemporary Advances in Physics, XVIII, The Diffraction of Waves by Crystals. Pp. 391-428.

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