Collision of alpha Particles with Light Atoms, Parts I-IV complete

by Ernest Rutherford

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First edition

We must conclude that the nitrogen atom is disintegrated under the intense forces developed in a close collision with a swift alpha particle, and that the hydrogen atom which is liberated formed a constituent part of the nitrogen nucleus. -Ernest Rutherford FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Ernest Rutherford's announcement of the splitting of the atom and the discovery of the proton. One of the most significant papers of 20th-century science. PMM 411.

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