Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere

by Lord Rayleigh, William Ramsay

$500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Folio. iv , 43 pp. Text figures. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. Item #2187 First edition. This memoir was submitted by Raleigh and Ramsay, in competition for one of the Hodgkins fund prizes offered by the Smithsonian. “Rayleigh and Ramsay had noted that nitrogen obtained from the air had a density greater than that of nitrogen liberated from its compounds

• Binding: Wrappers

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