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" The size of these corpuscles is on an altogether different scale from that of atoms ; the volume of a corpuscle bears to that of the atom about the same relation as that of a speck of dust to the volume of this room. Under suitable conditions they move... "
The Observatory - Page 345
1909
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The Observatory, Volume 32

1909 - 510 pages
...of the unit is only 1/17ooth part of the mass of an atom of hydrogen ; that its radius is only 1o~13 centimetre, and that these units, " corpuscles " as...discovery of these corpuscles is an interesting example df the way Nature responds to the demands made upon her by mathematicians. Some years before the discovery...
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Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, Volume 101

1910 - 442 pages
...volume of a corpuscle bears to that of the atom about the same relation as that of a speck of duet to the volume of this room Under suitable conditions...speeds which approach in some instances the velocity of light.'1 In the above Prof. Thomson admits that electricity is corpuscular, for if so-called negative...
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Within the Mind Maze; Or, Mentonomy: The Law of the Mind

Edgar Lucien Larkin - 1911 - 278 pages
...measure is that a row of electrons side by side one inch in length would contain 12,700,000,000,000.] "The size of these corpuscles is on an altogether...body must be increased by a charge of electricity. This increase, however, is greater for small bodies than for large ones, and even bodies as small as...
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Science Series, Volumes 1-2

University of Missouri - 1912 - 320 pages
...that of the atom about the same relation as that of a speck of dust to the volume of this auditorium. Under suitable conditions they move at enormous speeds...approach in some instances the velocity of light. As cathode rays the corpuscles move at the rate of 60,000 miles per second. A shot from a gun moves...
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Report of the Annual Meeting

British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1910 - 1114 pages
...to the volume of this room. Under suitable conditions they move at enormous speeds which approach hi some instances the velocity of light. The discovery...body must be increased by a charge of electricity. This increase, however, is greater for small bodies than for large ones, and even bodies as small as...
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