The possibility of detecting individual
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W.F.G. Swann
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Article
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1928
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Elsevier Science
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English
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THE purpose of the present paper is to show that, in view of the enormous energy available for ionization in a single cosmic ray, and of the relatively small number of ions produced per second by the rays in a vessel of moderate size, the ionization produced should occur in spurts which may be obser