Books with author R. Thomson

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It is stated in the preface that this book is an expansion of the series of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the spring of 1906.The book consists of seven chapters which deal respectively with the origin and properties of corpuscles, the two different corpuscular theories of metallic conduction, and in the number and arrangement of corpuscles in the atom.In the first chapter corpuscles in vacuum tubes are considered, and 'evidence is given showing that the corpuscles act as carriers of electricity, and that a positively electrified body owes its positive electrification to a defect of corpuscles. Also a positive charge is always associated with a mass comparable to that of the hydrogen or helium atom, whereas the corpuscles appear always to have the same mass, viz., that of about 1/1700 the atom of hydrogen.As is well known, the positive ions are given off by radium, and constitute the "X" rays. These have been examined by Rutherford and others, and the ratios of — e/m measured.The second chapter deals with the origin of the corpuscle, and here all the arguments are carefully set forth, and these tend to show that its mass is wholly electrical in origin.The evidence for the existence of corpuscles afforded by the Zeeman effect is discussed in a most luminous manner.The chapters of most interest to electrical engineers are IV and V, in which the two theories of metallic conduction of electricity are most carefully explained. These are very interesting indeed, and the mathematics used is not too heavy.The first of these theories assumes that the corpuscles are in temperature equilibrium with their surroundings, and that the "drift" of the corpuscles which constitutes the electric current, is started and maintained by the direct action of the electric field which acts on them. From considerations of the expressions derived for the conductivity of a substance, a rough estimate of the number of the corpuscles in a cubic centimetre of silver is arrived at, and the number is shown to be of the same order as the number of atoms in that volume. Again, the comparison between the ratio of the thermal to the electric conductivities gives a fairly close approximation to the results of experiment.The anomalous behaviour of alloys is pointed out in connection with the above, and the fact that pure metals appear to tend to zero resistance at the absolute zero of temperature, whilst that of alloys Beems to tend towards a definite limiting value.Lorenz's theory of radiation is next discussed, as well as the theory of the Hall, Peltier and Thomson effects. By considering the amount of heat absorbed or developed in a junction of two dissimilar metals when a current passes through it, the ratio of the number of corpuscles in unit volume of each metal may be determined, and from the Thomson effect, the change in this number for any one metal with temperature. The number arrived at in this way for silver is 1*8 x 1024. It is then shown that this makes the specific heat of silver about 10 times larger than the value required by experiment….— "The Electrical Review," Volume 61

Luna is a special wild turkey who has always been able to run faster and fly farther than her brothers and sisters. She has never met anyone outside of Beacon Hill where she lives-until the day a strange bird comes to the hill, stays a while, and then moves on. Soon after, Luna and her sisters are ready to fill their nests with eggs. To care for her eggs, Luna must sleep on the ground in her nest at night instead of in the trees, placing her life in danger. Her motherly instincts to protect her clutch of eggs come in handy when a fox causes chaos one night. But what will happen when the eggs finally hatch and reveal tiny baby turkeys? Wild About Luna is the delightful tale of a special turkey's adventures as she becomes a mother, fiercely protects her young, and realizes there is no place like home.

There's something for everyone in this collection of funny short stories. It's packed full of talking pigs, UFOs, gorillas, witches, mischievous house elves, flying postmen and lots more! Find out how Bozo the gorilla helps Jimmy deal with his lazy big brother, what Dinah Price does when she finds the three bears tucked up in her bed and what fate Agnethia Toadfax, trainee witch, has in store for Mr Smike the rude librarian . . .