THE electrical method, where it is applicable, is now by far the most sensitive method of detecting small quantities of matter; and the recent advances in physical science made by the method of ...

2N2222 devices used, but practically any junkbox NPN will do Electromagnetic fields are everywhere, all around us. Some are generated naturally, but in vast majority of cases, it’s we humans that are ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Edwin M. McMillan (1907-1991), an ...

I FIND that a very convenient way of charging an ordinary gold-leaf electroscope is to rub the charging rod with the glass bulb of a glowing carbon filament lamp. The leaf system becomes negatively ...

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