Under the Auspices of the Bartol Research Foundation of The Franklin Institute

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1922
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 106 KB
• Volume: 193
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(22)90610-6

✦ Synopsis

The subject of this lecture was " The Atomic Nature of Matter " and the following is a brief synopsis:

The atomic structure of matter generally; ancient speculation. " Is matter infinitely divisible? " Views of Newton and the early chemists. Dalton's atomic theory. Size and number of atoms illustrated by repeated subdivision of a cube of lead. Relative delicacy of methods for the detection of elements. Modern methods of detection of single atoms.