The Spectrum of Scattered X-Rays
Menasha, Wis. And Corning, N. Y. The Physical Review 1923. First Edition. iv, 640 pages. Small 4to. Entire volume offered. Buckram ex-library binding. Generally clean internally, noting a correction in pen in the Compton article on page 412. Upper corner of text-block bumped. Good. cloth. [20145]
A. H. Compton was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1927 'for his discovery of the effect named after him' [ The Compton Effect ]. Co-winner was C.T.R. Wilson 'for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour'.
The paper offered here, "The Spectrum of Scattered X-Rays", provided 'Direct experimental confirmation that the photon is an elementary particle, the Compton Effect.' and is found in Vol 22, Second Series, July-December 1923, pp 409-413. (see Ezhela, et al, Particle Physics, One Hundred Years of Discoveries: An Annotated Chronological Bibliography, p 40)
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