INDEX Compiled by Douglas Matthews AcademicAssistance Council , American Association for the 451, 579,589, 593; periodic 484- 5. 487- 8.545 Advancement of Science , tablesand number , 308- 10, Acadcmyof Sciences, 183 316, 318- 21, 334; splittingof Amsterdam, 431 American Physical Society, 191 nucleus, 386, 394, 397, accelerators, 281, 451, 468, Amery , L . S., 469 399- 400, 402,405, 438- 9, 538, 554- 5,567,586- 8 Ames , J . S . , 171 , 181 444- 5- 46R: ER's Hale actinium, 143, 153, 184,231- 2, Anderson , C . D . , 189 , 562 - 3 , lectureson , 387- 92; in 276- 7 580 warfare, 493- 4; actinon, 153,431 Anderson , R . K . , 421 transmutation, 580- 1 Adams, FrankDawson , 207 ' Andrade , Edward N . da C . : on Austin, Herbert, Baron, 535, Adams, Walter, 485- 7 X - ray tubes , 118 ; on 557,588- 9 Admiralty, 382- 4, 454- 6, 472; gamma -rays , 127 , 288 , 340 ; Australia, 341- 2, 462 seealso Board of Inventions contrasts ER and Lenard , Austria, 231- 2, 235, 252, 258, andResearch 186 ; on accident to woman 260- 1.283 AdmiraltyResearch researcher , 264 ; at AustrianAcademy , Vienna, Laboratory, Teddington, 456 Manchester , 275 , 293 , 306 ; at 232- 5,283 Adrian, E. Dilst Baron, Royal Artillery College, 459; Avogadro's Number, 280 526- 7,532 resignsfrom Aeronautical Aeroplane, The( journal), 524 Research Committee , 460 Babbage, Charles, 73 Air Ministry, 491 antimatter , 580 Bacon, Francis, 177 Albert, PrinceConsort , 19, 59, Antonov , G . N . , 340 Badash, Lawrence, 190- 1, 208 70- 1 Apostles, The (Cambridge BakerianLecture ( Royal alchemy, 154- 5,581 society), 543, 545 Society): 1904, 195, 206; Alexander, Samuel, 225 Appleton , Sir Edward , 56 , 463 , 1920.444- 5.447. 547. 567 Allan, Samuel J., 180- 1 494 , 536 , 544 Baldwin, Stanley, 1stEarl , 14, Allen, J., 546 argon (gas) , 81 , 151, 153 4R24R~ ~1~_~20- 1_~RR ~ Allibone, TE ., 450,544- 5, Arm strong , G . E . , 243 Balfour, Andrew, 90 553- 4,557, 559, 586 Arm strong , Henry E . , 194- 5, Balfour, Arthur James, 1st alpha-particles( andradiation ): 341 , 465 , 524 Earl: andRayleigh , 80- 1, discovered, 125- 7; andgas Arrhenius , Svante August , 112, 226; relationswith ER, ionisation, 132- 3, 214- 15; 245 226- 7; address esBritish andX -products, 160- 2; and ASDIC , 352 , 372 - 3 , 375 , 384 Assoc., 226; andBoard of atomicweight , 200; as Asquith , H . H . (later Earl of Inventions, 345- 6, 356, 369, heliumatoms , 205, 208- 10, Oxford and Asquith ), 265 384, 471; setsup Committee 246,278- 9, 284- 6, 389- 90; Astakov , Georgii , 525 for Scientificand Industrial Braggon , 209- 10, 214; ER's Aston , F . W . , 83 - 4 , 326 , 407 , Research, 384; and Nobellecture on , 246; 425 - 6 , 465 , 540 , 544 universityeducation , countingand measurement Astor , John Jacob , 469 417- 19; andKapitsa affair , of, 278- 9, 282- 3, 286- 7, Athenaeum Club , London , 520 290- 1,304, 501; scattering 245 , 453 , 463 , 594 , 598 Balfour, Eleanor, 80- 1 (diffusion), 287, 290- 3, atoms : energy , 133 - 4 , 165 , Ball, Sir Robert, 98, 102- 3, 296- 7. 300- 1. 304.389- 90. 197 , 215 , 285 , 387 - 8 , 405 , 168- 9 392; andatomic structure , 468 - 9 , 493 , 573 , 582 - 4 ; Bancroft, Sir J., 492 2Q4- 7_300_304. 389. 392: as particles, 145- 6, 148- 50, Banks, Sir Joseph, 20 basicunit of matter, 299; and 162 , 196 , 246 , 277 , 286 ; ER 's Barkia, CharlesGlover , 300, H-particles, 392- 4; in Silliman lecture on , 211 - 13 ; 313 collisionwith atomnucleus , structure of , 215 , 242 , 286 - 7 , Barnes, Howard T., 132, 152, 394- 5, 398- 400, 402- 5, . 294 - 305 , 338 , 391 ; 179- 80, 187, 223,241 438- 9, 442, 558, 576- 7; Nagaoka 's work on , 242 ; Bateman, H., 289 origin of, 441- 2; Kapitsa counting of , 279 - 82 ; Baumbach, 0 ., (glassblower), studies. 501, 506; and nucleus , 294 - 6 , 298 - 9 , 301 , 284- 6 neutron, 548, 558 305 - 6 , 309 , 322 - 4 , 335 , 386 , Beattie, Robert, 268 _Amaldi, E., 574 388 - 9 , 391 , 439 - 43 , 445 - 6 , -- Beatty, David, 1stEarl , 367 Becker(Stockbroker). 247 verified by Evans, 335- 6; ER 214 - 15 , 392 ; and Ramsay , Becker . H . , 548 praises theory , 337; and 236 ; and McGill chair , 240 ; Becquerel. Henri : discovers international science, 428; holiday with ER , 261 ; Leeds uranium radiaton , 119 , 125 , ER visits, 428, 567; Nobel chair , 261 , 300 , 366 ; and 133 , 135 ; and X - rays . 124 ; Prize, 428; and electronic X - rays , 289 , 300 , 303 , and gamma - rays , 127 ; and structure of outside of atom, 313 - 16 ; friendship with ER , atomic energy , 134 ; and 450; and Jewish refuge es, 299 - 300 . 339 : and ER ' s excited radiation , 142 ; as 4RR: admires Ehrenfest- 504: theory of atomic structure , rival to ER , 147 ; and and Kapitsa's detention in 300 - 3 ; conflict with Barkia , transmutation , 156 ; Elster USSR, 513- 14; visits to ER , 300 , 313 ; and Madsen , 302 ; and Geitel cite , 157 ; opposes 536. 567: letter from Nobel Prize ( with son ) , 314 , disintegration theory , 194; Chadwick on neutron , 550; 366 ; work in Great War , 346 , ER attacks on and Gamow, 558- 9; and 364 - 7 . 369 - 72 . 374 . 3R3 . alpha-particles, 214; Nobel " liquid -drop" model of 416 ; chair at University Prize , 245 atom, 573; and " mush" College , London , 366 ; and Beilby , Sir George, 260, 346 nature of nucleus, 579, 589, naval research , 456 ; and Belgium , 481 593: on ER 's death. 599: and BBC lectures , 467 ; and Benjamin Franklin Memorial atomic bomb, 599 DSIR , 472 ; and " death ray " , Lecture , Philadelphia, 580 Boltwood , R. B .: as chemist, 474 ; and radium supply , 480 ; Beresford , Admiral Lord 187; at Yale, 189; relations and German Jewish Charles , 345 with ER . 197: refuge es , 484 Bernal , J . 0 . , 434 , 544 , 564 - 5 correspondence with ER , Bretscher , Egon , 494 199. 20R. 231. 439: and beryllium , 548- 51 Bridge , Capt . Cyprian , RN , beta - radiation , 125 - 7 , 132 , conflict with Ramsay, 368 , 374 , 377 143 , 160 , 288 , 300 ; 302 , 310 , 199- 200. 236: and rock Brill , Dr Otto ( Austrian 337 dating, 207; and structure of Institute ) , 233 , 235 betatron , 557 atom, 213, 295; and ER's British Association for the Beveridge, Sir William (later move to Manchester, 221- 2; Advancement of Science : Baron), 469, 483 and radium " family " , 231, ER ' s first appearance at , 90 ; Bicker ton , Alexander William , 277- 8; and radium standard, 1896 annual meeting , 98 - 9 , 43 - 6 , 58 252- 3, 256- 7; pro-German 115 ; 1903 ( Southport ) " Big Science" , 190- 3, 208, attitude , 252, 344- 5; enjoys meeting , 195 ; 1908 ( Dublin ) , 24R . 507 . 555 ER 's hospitality , 266: I!'R 199 ; 1907 ( Leicester ) , 277 - 9 ; Bjerknes, Y ., 99 meets in Great War , 381; on 1909 ( Winnipeg ) , 292 ; 1913 Blackett , P . M . S . , 440 , 448 , Einstein. 434: and ER 's ( Birmingham ) , 334 ; 1914 489 - 90 . 544 . 556 . 563 . 587 chemical problems, isuicide ( Australia ) , 341 - 2 , 489 ; 1915 Board of Inventions and , 465 ( Manchester ) , 343 ; 1919 Research( BIR ), 345- 6, 348, Boltz , C. H ., 65, 169 ( Bournemouth ) , 431 ; 1923 350 - 1 , 355 - 6 , 358 - 9 , 361 , Bond, J. H . C., 38 ( Liverpool ) , 432 , 440 , 450 ; 365 - 6 , 370 - 1 , 375 , 377 - 8 , Born , Max , 303, 400, 443, 1924 ( Toronto ) . 474 : 1926 3Rl - 2 . 3R4 - 5 . 406 . 454 . 492 : 486- 7, 566 ( Oxford ) , 463 ;' 1937 ( India ) , and cooperation with Bothe, W., 548 596 French , 368 Bovey, Henry T ., 131, 135, British Broadcasting Bohr , Harold , 327 172. 222 Corporation , 466 - 71 Bohr , Niels : and electron Bowden, Vivian (now Lord ), British Radio Telegraphy and 5,5,- 6 theory , 211 , 328- 34 , 337 , Telephone Company , 202 578 ; achievements , 214 ; Boyle, Andrew : The Climate of Broad , C . E . 34 , 37 - 8 describes ER 's home , 224 ; at Treason, 543 Broca , Prof A . , 363 Manchester , 230 , 275 , 307 , Boyle, Robert , 103- 4, 601 Broca tubes , 351 , 353 - 4 , 358 , 326 - 7 . 333 - 4 : ER Boyle , R. W., 188, 240, 374- 6, 360 - 3 entertains, 266; applies 566 Broek , A . van den . 309 - 10 , 324 quantum theory , 28O, 309, Boyle Lectures, Oxford , 574 Broglie , Maurice , Duc de , 303 , 324 , 329 - 34 , 39O , 392 ; and Boys, Vernon , 98 315 , 368 , 443 - 5 , 578 structure of atom , 289 , 306 , Bragg, Alice , Lady, 228 Bromley , L . C . , 508 327 - 35 , 337 - 8 , 390 ; and Bragg, Sir Lawrence: marriage, Bronson - H - E __ 1R1 atomic number , 310 , 316 , 228; Manchester chair, 228; Brooks , Harriet ( later Pitcher ) , 321; and complementarity , and X-rays, 289, 314- 15; and 152 , 180 , 183 , 164 315, 443; and Moseley, 318; ER 's theory of atomic Brown , S . G . , 354 character , 324 ; career , structure, 300; Nobel Prize Browning , Oscar , 103 - 4 324- 5; working mcthod , 327; (with father), 314, 366; Buccleuch , John Scott , 7th and alpha-particle relations with ER , 339; on J. Duke of - 350 absorption , 327- 9; relations J. Thomson, 407; and Buchan , John , 1st Baron with ER , 328 - 9 , 332 - 4 , gunnery sound ranging, 459; Tweedsmuir , 470 428 - 9 . 464 . 567 . 589 : and Bernal, 566 Buchanan , Edgar S . 48 marriage, 329; trilogy of Bragg, Sir William H .: on Buckeridge , Miss ( governess ) . papers , 330 - 5 ; theories alpha-particles, 209- 10, 31 627 Bukharin , N . 1. , 509 , 514 , 523 cathode rays , 108 - 10 , 112 - 13 , disintegration papers, 439, Bullitt , William Christian , 525 144 , 160 461 ; and nucleus of atom , Bumstead , H . A . : at Yale , 189 ; causality , 593- 5 442; and shape of and structure of atom , 213 ; Cavendish, Henry , 77, 81 alpha-particles, 443; correspondence with ER , Cavendish Laboratory , discovers neutron , 444 - 6 , 244 , 286 ; on Curies . 256 ; and Cambridge: founded (1871), 497 , 546 - 51 , 563 ; writes in ER ' s Manchester work , 286 ; 19 , 69 - 70 , 73 - 5 ; Clerk ER ' s lab . notebooks , 447 ; on on ER in Great War , 345 ; Maxwell and . 20 . 74 - 8 : ER ER 's declining interest in ER meet ~ in I JSA 1Rl : arrives at , 62 - 4 , 69 , 85 - 6 ; research , 449 , 499 ; checks Scientific Attache in London , under Rayleigh, 78- 80; Petersson's Vienna findings, 456 apparatus , 79- 80 ; under 461 - 2 ; and atomic warfare , Butler , Montagu, 406 Thomson , 82 - 5 , 190 , 494; marriage, 497; and Butler , Nicholas Murray , 240 407 - 10 ; extensions and Kapitsa , 501 ; and Cavendish expansion, 84- 5, 221, Laboratory , 546 ; Nobel Cahan , S .