Condensation of Water Vapour in the Presence of Dust-free Air and other Gases

by C. t r. Wilson

$1,600 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

First edition

The most original and wonderful instrument in scientific history -Ernest Rutherford FIRST EDITION of the first description of WIlson's famous cloud chamber, the first type of detector to show the tracks of elementary particles. Cloud chambers developed from the work of Charles Wilson at the Cavendish Laboratory in the 1890's. He was interested in creating artificial mist, in order to investigate its effect on light, and did so by

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