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Lecture I Molecules and Atoms in Chemistry, and the Kinetic Theory of Gases |
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The atomic theory in chemistry and in physics |
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Monatomic and polyatomic molecules of the elements |
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The periodic system of the elements |
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The absolute size and mass of molecules and atoms |
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The Loschmidt and Avogadro numbers |
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Vortex theory of the atom |
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Indivisibility contradicted by the spectra of the elements |
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Lecture II Atoms and Ions and Electrical Effects in Liquids and Gases---Atoms of Electricity |
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The atomistic structure of electricity |
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Size and mass of negative electrons |
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Neutral and electrically charged atoms and molecules |
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Lecture III The Disintegration of Atoms in Radio-active Substances---The Nucleus Theory of the Atom |
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Uranium, radium, thorium and actinium as radio-active substances |
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The α-particles are helium ions with a double positive charge |
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The ions of helium are constituents of the atoms of radio-active substances |
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Wilson's photographs of α-rays |
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Scattering of α-particles |
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Rutherford's theory of the atom |
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The positive charge of the nucleus is equal to the ordinal number of the atom |
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Isotopes of radio-active elements |
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Isotopes of ordinary elements according to Aston |
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Lecture IV X-Ray Spectra and the Nucleus Theory of the Atom |
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Diffraction phenomena as evidence of undulatory nature of light |
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Diffraction of X-rays by crystals |
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Bragg's conception of diffraction images |
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Moseley's law of high-frequency spectra |
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Order of elements and gaps in the periodic system |
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Lecture V Line Spectra and Bohr's Model of the Atom |
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The production and appearance of line spectra |
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No analogy with sound-waves |
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Balmer's series in hydrogen |
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Bohr's construction for the atom |
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The quantum of energy and the Wirkungsquantum |
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Radii of orbits and velocity of electrons |
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Bohr's atom gives Balmer's series and Rydberg's constant for hydrogen |
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High frequency spectra and Moseley's law |
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Accomplishments and difficulties of Bohr's model of the atom |
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Lecture VI Further Investigations on the Structure of Nuclei, Atoms, Ions and Molecules |
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Chemistry of the atom and physics of the nucleus |
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Decomposition of nitrogen |
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Possibility of a hydrogen doublet |
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Clues to the investigation of structure of atoms and ions |
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The first four elements, hydrogen, helium, lithium and beryllium |
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Studies of the arrangement of the external electrons in elements of higher ordinal number |
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Formation of molecules by common rings |
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A helium molecule cannot be formed |
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