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In: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Vol. V, October 29, 1883 - May 24, 1886; Vol. VI, October 25, 1886 - June 3, 1889. Cambridge:: University Press, 1886-1889., 1886. Two volumes in one. 220 x 150 mm. Thick 8vo. Pages 50-52; 133-137. [Entire volume: x, 438; xi, 375 pp.] 1 fig.; 1 fig., 1 table. Quarter navy morocco, morocco corners, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine; spine lightly faded. Blind stamp of the Carnegie Institution, Washington. Fine. FIRST EDITIONS. Lord Rayleigh succeeded James Clerk Maxwell as Cavendish professor of experimental physics at Cambridge in December 1879, where he remained until 1884. He placed laboratory instruction in elementary physics on a firm basis. This was a revolutionary accomplishment in England, and the influence of Rayleigh's pioneer efforts was ultimately felt in higher educational institutions throughout the country. A rather elaborate research program was also set up with the help of his assistants Glazebrook and Shaw, both of whom later became scientists of note. This program involved the re-determination of three electrical standards: the ohm, the ampere, and the volt. Work of this sort had already been started by Maxwell for the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Rayleigh's continuation and development demanded the construction of more precise equipment than Maxwell's, as well as meticulous care and patience in its use. When the investigation was completed in 1884, the results stood the test of time remarkably well. The realization of the importance of standards in physical measurements that this work implied undoubtedly influenced Rayleigh favorably toward the establishment of a government standards laboratory in Britain, which eventually (1900) took the form of the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington, Middlesex." DSB. In all, these two volumes contain 11 papers by Rayleigh, Richard Tetley Glazebrook (1854-1935), and William Napier Shaw (1854-1945). DNB, 1912-1921, pp. 514-517; DSB, XIII, p. 102.

Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 1033. 4to. (321 x 240 mm) [4], 43 pp. 5 text figs. Original gilt- and blind-stamped green cloth. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon. Fine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE DISCOVERY OF ARGON. Argon was the first of the inert gases to be discovered and both Rayleigh and Ramsay claimed to be the first to identify it, eventually agreeing to submit a joint paper. It was largely a result of this work that won Rayleigh the Nobel Prize for Physics and Ramsay the prize for chemistry in 1904. Ramsay later went on to identify and isolate helium, krypton, neon and xenon. "Rayleigh and Ramsey [sic] had noted that nitrogen obtained from the air had a density greater than that of nitrogen liberated from its compounds by about one-half percent. This led to the isolation of the first of the inert gases which they called argon. In the following year Ramsay found another, helium, in the mineral clevite, altho this had been noted in the sun's spectrum by Lockyar [sic] in 1868. In four years, 1894-8, five new gases, including neon, krypton and xenon had been discovered. These form a distinct group in the periodic table; all have zero valency." [Dibner]. A revised version of this work had been published in the Philosophical Transactions a year earlier ("a curious instance of a revision appearing before the original work"). [Norman]. Dibner, Heralds of science 50; DSB Vol. XIII, pp. 100-103; Norman 2029.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Various states of preservation, wrappers mostly browned and dust-soiled and with occasional edge-chipping, text generally little browned. The collection comprises: 1. The Explanation of Certain Acoustical Phenomena. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1878, 7 [1] pp. Stapled as issued. 2. Diffraction of Sound. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1888, 12 pp. Stapled as issued. 3. BRAMWELL, F. & RAYLEIGH. Interference Bands and their Applications. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1893, 7 [1] pp. Stapled as issued. 4. Argon. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1895, 14 pp. Stapled as issued. 5. More about Argon. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1896, 10 pp. Stapled as issued. 6. BRAMWELL, F. & RAYLEIGH. The Limits of Audition. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1897, 2 pp. 7. Transparency and Opacity. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1899, 4 pp. 8. Flight. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1900, 2 pp. 9. On the least potential difference required to produce discharge through various gases. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, Vol. 193, 1900, pp. 377-394. Publisher's printed wrappers. 10. On the conductivity of gases under the Becquerel Rays. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, Vol. 196, 1901, pp. 507-527. Publisher's printed wrappers. 11. Polish. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1901, 8 pp., 4 plates. Stapled as issued. 12. Drops and Surface Tension. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1903, 1 [1] p. 13. On the acoustic shadow of a sphere. Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, Vol. 203, 1904, pp. 87-110. Publisher's printed wrappers. 14. On the Dynamical Theory of Gratings. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 79, No. A532, 1907, pp. 399-416. Entire Number in publisher's wrappers. 15. Helium and Radio-activity in Rare and Common Minerals. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 80, No. A542, 1908, pp. 572-594. Entire Number in publisher's wrappers. 16. Colours of Sea and Sky. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1910, 7 [1] pp. Stapled as issued. 17. Bakerian Lecture - A Chemically Active Modification of Nitrogen, Produced by Electric Discharge. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 85, No. A577, 1911, pp. 219-229. Entire Number in publisher's wrappers. 18. On the Self-Induction of Electric Currents in a Thin Anchor-Ring. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 86, No. A590, 1912, pp. 562-570. Entire Number in publisher's wrappers. 19. Fluid Motions. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1914, 14 pp. Stapled as issued. 20. The Glow of Phosphorus. In: Nature, Vol. 114, No. 2869, 1924, pp. 612-614. Entire number, stapled as issued. 21. Some Recent Work on the Light of the Night Sky. In: Nature, Vol. 122, No. 3070, 1928, pp. 315-317. Entire number, stapled as issued. 22. Some Recent Work on the Light of the Night Sky. In: Nature, Vol. 122, No. 3071, 1928, pp. 351-352. Entire number, stapled as issued. 23. Fluorescent and phosphorescent excitation of mercury vapour by the resonance frequency and by lower frequencies. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A, Vol. 125, 1929, 23 [1] pp., 2 plates. Publisher's printed wrappers. Ex-libris stamp by E.K. Rideal on front cover. 24. Optical Contact. Offprint from: Proceedings of the Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1936, 14 pp. Stapled as issued. 25. A Memorial Lecture - Sir Joseph J. Thomson, Given at the Royal Institution.