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Ernst Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden, First Work on the Geiger Counter
Proceedings of Royal Society, Series A. Vol81 No. A 546, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, original wrappers, E Rutherford, F.R.S. professor of physics and H. Geiger Ph.D paper: An electrical method of counting the number of α-particles from radioactive substances [p.141 – p.161] and, The charge and nature of the α-particle, [p.163 – p.173] and, On the scattering of the α-particle by matter [p.174 – p.177] first edition, first issue, of the papers by Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden reporting the results of the famous experiments on alpha particle scattering- the basis for the discovery of the atomic nucleus and Rutherford’s model of the atom; also describing and documenting the invention and use of what would become known as the “Geiger counter” to detect atomic particles.
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Proceedings of Royal Society, Series A. Vol81 No. A 546, Mathematical & Physical Sciences, original wrappers, E Rutherford, F.R.S. professor of physics and H. Geiger Ph.D paper: An electrical method of counting the number of α-particles from radioactive substances [p.141 – p.161] and, The charge and nature of the α-particle, [p.163 – p.173] and, On the scattering of the α-particle by matter [p.174 – p.177] first edition, first issue, of the papers by Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden reporting the results of the famous experiments on alpha particle scattering- the basis for the discovery of the atomic nucleus and Rutherford’s model of the atom; also describing and documenting the invention and use of what would become known as the “Geiger counter” to detect atomic particles.
