Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Radioactive transformations; 2. The alpha rays; 3. Absorption of the alpha rays; 4. Some properties of the alpha particle; 5. Theories of absorption of alpha rays; 6. Secondary effects produced by alpha rays; 7. General properties of the radiations; 8. The scattering of alpha and beta particles; 9. The collisions of alpha particles with light atoms; 10. The artificial disintegration of the light elements; 11. The radioactive nuclei; 12. Beta ray and gamma ray spectra; 13. The disintegration electrons; 14. The passage of beta particles through matter; 15. The scattering and absorption of gamma rays; 16. Intensity problems connected with the emission of gamma rays; 17. Atomic nuclei; 18. Miscellaneous; Appendix; Indexes.

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A definitive account, first published in 1930, of research into radiation leading to the discovery of the planetary atomic structure.