The Discharge of Electricity Through Gases - Lectures Delivered on the Occasion of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Princeton University

by J.J. Thomson

Book Overview

First published in 1883, Joseph John Thomson's fascinating treatise explores the subject of 'vortex rings'. A vortex ring, also known as 'a toroidal vortex', is a torus-shaped vortex existing within a fluid or gas where the fluid spins along an imaginary axis line that creates a closed loop. Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856 - 1940) was an English physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is most famous for having discovered and identified the electron,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528708989
• ISBN13: 9781528708982
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: White Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"