Best contemporary translation of Röntgen's three communications

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad; Stokes, George Gabriel; Thomson, Joseph John ; Barker, George F (translator, editor)

Röntgen Rays [ Roentgen ] : Memoirs by Röntgen, Stokes and J. J. Thomson

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1899. [5], [1-blank], 75, [76], [2-ads] pages.5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches. Publisher's blue cloth. Corner tips, head/tail of spine worn. Rear joint cloth worn through in places but still sound. Stamp of previous owner on front pastedown. Otherwise clean internally. Very Good. Cloth. [27251]


"The first paper on x-rays [ Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen ] by Röntgen was the most widely translated of the three communications. Within a few months of its appearance, English (England and the United States), French (France, Belgium, and Switzerland), Dutch, Italian, Polish, and Russian translations were published...The best contemporary English translation of Röntgen's three communications on x-rays was made by George F. Barker [as here offered]..." (Klickstein, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen On a New Kind of Rays, A Bibliographic Study, 1966, pp 70-73).

In addition to first paper, two additional communications by Röntgen are translated, and related articles by Stokes and Thomson on Röntgen ray are included. Barker also includes a biographical sketch of all three authors and a bibliography.

Number III in the Harper's Scientific Memoirs series edited by J. S. Ames.

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