The Physical Review: A Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, CLXXIX, Volume XXXII, Number 4 - The Isolation of an Ion, a Precise Measurement of its Charge, and the Correction of Stoke's Law Nichols, Edward L.; Merritt, Ernest; Bedell, Frederick (editors); Millikan, Robert Andrews New Additions,Physics

Lancaster, PA. and New York, NY: The Physical Review, 1911. 8, [349]-444 pp. 25.5 x 18 cm. Light green stiff paper wrappers with black lettering to cover and spine. Some toning to spine with some light wear to spine ends. Very small spot of wear to center of front cover along spine. Some light freckling and light uneven toning to covers, with some bumping and creasing to covers. Light vertical wrinkling to front cover and first third of text block, with a bump to the bottom corner of the block. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Born in 1868, Robert Andrews Millikan received his B.A and M.A. from Oberlin College in 1891 and 1893, respectively. He then attended Columbia University and obtained his Ph.D. in physics in 1895. Millikan started work at the University of Chicago later that year, and became a full professor of physics in 1910. In 1909, Mellikan started work on an attempt to measure the charge of a single electron with the assistance of his graduate student, Harvey Fletcher. The two men were able to observe tiny electrically charged oil droplets between two metal surfaces, and were able to determine for the first time the magnitude of the negative charge of a single electron. Millikan published an abridged paper on the results in 1910, but it wasn't until six months later that the full paper was published in this issue of The Physical Review. Millikan won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923, partly for this foundational work in particle physics. . Soft Cover. Very Good.