Millikan, R. A

The Isolation of an Ion, a Precise Measurement of its Charge, and the Correction of Stokes Law

Lancaster, PA and Ithaca, NY: The Physical Review 1911. Hard Cover. First Edition. vi, 646 pages. Entire Volume offered (Jan-June 1911 issues bound in). Small 4to. Red cloth binding. Bump to the base of the spine panel, lower corners bumped. Clean internally. The article offered here, "The Isolation of an Ion, a Precise Measurement of its Charge, and the Correction of Stokes Law", ( Vol 32, First Series, Jan-Jun 1911, pp 349-397) is the 'First conclusive measurement of the charge of the electron'. R. A. Millikan was awarded Nobel prize for Physics in 1923 'for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photo-electric effect' (see Ezhela, et al, Particle Physics, One Hundred Years of Discoveries: An Annotated Chronological Bibliography, p 31) Very Good.

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