The origin of spectra. By P. D. Foote and F. L. Mohler. American Chemical Society: Monograph Series, Pp. 250. New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc. 1922

✍ Scribed by Fierz, H. E.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1923
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000421716

✦ Synopsis

This book is another of tlic valuable monographs now bcing publishcd by tlic Aiucricon Chemical Socicty as tlic outcomc of tho Intcr-Allicd Confcrcnccfor Purc and Applied Chemistry licltl in 1919. Tlic authors stntc that it wns tlioir intcntion to discuss tlic quantum theory chiefly from tlic cqcriincntnl point of vicw, but to do this tlicy wcrc obligctl to discuss thc tlicory itsclf. This is fortuneto, ~s it cnablcs tho iticspcricncal rentlcr to follow the lucid tlcscriptioiis niorc cnsily. Tho book is tli\idetl into clcvcn sections : Qunntuui Tlicory of Spectroscopy ; Energy Diagrams ; Ioiiisntion and ltcsonnnco Potcntinls for tlio Elcmcnts ; Liiic Absorption-Spcctra of Atoins ; Linc J5iiiission-Spcctm of Atonis ; Cumulsti-c Ionisntion ; Tlicrnial Escitntion ; Tlicriuoclicmical Iiclations ; S-ltnys ; l'lioto-clcctric 15ffcct in I'npours ; nntl 1)ctcrininntions of ii involving I h o Spcctrn. 111 tho Appc~iclis tlicrc arc given C'oniputritionid Data, IJcriodic Tnblcs, and llolir's Tlicory of Atomic Structure. It is iiiipossiblc to givc a dctnilcd account of the work owing to its coiicciitrntion, but tlie nutliors cliscuss t h o work of Bolir, Soninierfcltl, Sttirlr mid Zccnian, niitl givc prcfcrencc to tlic tlicory of Bolir over tliiit of Lnngniuir as bciiig inore i i i nccortlnncc with spectroscopic pliciionieiin. Esccllent illustrntions of spcctrii iiro given in dtlitioii to clcilrly rcprocluccrl tlrnwings a~itl tlingrnnis. 'l'lic volunic nppcnrs to tliu revicwcr to bc n iiiotlcl of coiicciitrntion, nnd it should be iiidispcnsnl)lc for cvcry studciit in tho field of spectroscopy. H. 15. Pirmz