Mathematical and Physical Papers

Table of Contents

Voltaic Theory, Radioactivity, Electrions:
234. On Volta-convection by flame
235. Electrification of air by flame
236. On the velocity of Crookes' cathode stream
237. On the electrification of air
238. Preliminary experiments to find if subtraction of water from air electrifies it
239. Electrification of air and other gases by bubbling through water and other liquids
240. On the diselectrification of air
241. On the electrification of air
242. On the electrification and diselectrification of air and other gases
243. On the generation of longitudinal waves in ether
244. On Lippmann's colour photography with obliquely incident light
245. On measurements of electric currents through air at different densities down to one five-millionth of the density of ordinary air
246. On the communication of electricity from electrified steam to air
247. Experiments on the electrical phenomena produced in gases by Röntgen rays, by ultra-violet light, and by uranium
248. Continuation of experiments on electric properties of uranium
249. On electrical properties of fumes proceeding from flames and burning charcoal
250. Contact electricity of metals
251. Note to 'The electrification of air by uranium and its compounds'
252. Electrification of air, of vapour of water, and of other gases
253. Leakage from electrified metal plates and points placed above and below uninsulated flames
254. Nineteenth century clouds over the dynamical theory of heat and light
255. On the motion produced in an infinite elastic solid by the motion through the space occupied by it of a body acting on it only by attraction or repulsion
256. On the duties of ether for electricity and magnetism
257. Aepinus atomized
258. Becquerel rays and radioactivity
259. Contribution to B.A. discussion on the nature of the emanations from radium
260. On the destruction of cambric by radium emanations
261. Electrical insulation in 'vacuum'
262. Plan of a combination of atoms having the properties of polonium or radium
263. On the statistical kinetic equilibrium of ether in ponderable matter at any temperature
264. Plan of an atom to be capable of storing an electrion with enormous energy for radioactivity
265. An attempt to explain the radioactivity of radium
266. On the motions of ether produced by collisions of atoms or molecules, containing or not containing electrions
Navigations and Tides:
267. On the determination of a ship's place from observations of altitude
268. Amended rule for working out Sumner's method of finding a ship's place
269. On a septum permeable to water and impermeable to air, with practical applications to a navigational depth-gauge
270. On the new navigational sounding machine and depth-gauge
271. The tide gauge, tidal harmonic analyser, and tide predicter
Miscellaneous:
272. Archibald Smith, and the magnetism of ships
273. H. C. Fleeming Jenkin
274. The scientific work of Sir George Stokes [Obituary notice]
275. James Watt
276. Peter Guthrie Tait
277. Address as Chancellor at Glasgow
Index.