| Reference number | RR/16/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by George Downing Liveing, on a paper 'The spectra of Neon Krypton and Xenon' by Edward Charles Cyril Baly |
| Date | 26 July 1903 |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Physics and Chemistry
Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. In general the paper is a record of careful work on a difficult subject, it consists of tables of wave-lengths and descriptions of lines. One point has struck him as noteworthy though it is probably a coincidence only. A strong line in the Xeon II spectrum, 'w.1. 3649 ^degrees^ 71' according to Baly, appears identical with one of the very strong lines of radium, which by careful measurement Crookes has found has an 'a.w.l. of 3649 ^degrees^ 71'. This coincidence is worth noting in view of the suggestion that one of these inert gases may be one of the products of the degradation of the Radium atom.
[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1904]
Endorsed on verso as received 27 June 1903. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type A) |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1904.0006 Vol.202 1904 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/16/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1468 | Liveing; George Downing (1827 - 1924) | 1827 - 1924 |
| NA1744 | Baly; Edward Charles Cyril (1871 - 1948) | 1871 - 1948 |