History of Physics in Its Elementary Branches: Including the Evolution of Physical Laboratories

alpha-particle amount apparatus assumed atomic number atomic weight body cathode rays chapter chemical coil colors corpuscular theory crystal diffraction direction disc discovery effect Einstein ejected electric charges electrolysis electromagnetic electron elementary charge elements emitted energy ether experimental experiments explained facts Faraday Faraday's frequency Galileo gases glass heat Huygens hydrogen idea induction interference ionized ions J. J. Thomson kinetic theory known later light quantum light waves lines of force Madame Curie magnetic field mass Maxwell measured medium metal Michelson Michelson-Morley experiment Millikan mirror modern molecules motion moving nature negative charges Newton nucleus observed orbit particles pass physicist physics Planck plates positive charge predicted pressure principle produced quantum theory radiation radioactive radium reflected result rotation Rutherford scattered scientific spectra spectrum studied substance surface temperature theory of light theory of relativity thermometer tube uranium velocity of light vibration wave theory wavelengths wire x-rays