[Collection of 36 Physics papers published Related to the Cavendish Laboratory, written by various authors].

London:: Royal Society, 1883-1899., 1883. 3 volumes. 4to. [approx. 1,000-1,200 pages total (pagination varies)]. Title-pages bound in, numerous plates. Maroon cloth with "Physical Papers" gilt-stamped on each spine; minor kozo repairs. Ownership signatures (in all three vols.) of L.R. Wilberforce, Professor of Physics, London. Very good. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON [3], JOHN S. TOWNSEND [2], CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON [3] & 12 PAPERS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS. Remarkable collection of 36 physics papers written by mostly members of the Cavendish Laboratory, including 12 papers which are inscribed to the owner, Lionel Robert Wilberforce, (truncated) who also worked at the lab. Among the papers are two by J.J. Thomson, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physics, and Rutherford, who won the 1908 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. One of his papers was a precursor to the first Marconi wireless telegraph and radio stations. Three papers are inscribed by 1927 Nobel Prize winner Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, the inventor of the cloud chamber. CONTENTS: 1. [Volume One]: J.J. Thomson, One Some Applications of Dynamical Principles to Physical Phenomena. 1885. [Sir Joseph John Thomson, (1856-1940) OM PRS was an English physicist and 1906 Nobel laureate in physics, credited with the discovery and identification of the electron; and with the discovery of the first subatomic particle.] // 2. Hugh Longbourne Callendar (1863-1930), On the Practical Measurement of Temperature: experiments made at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. 1887. ["Callendar made elaborate experiments on this subject at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, in which he compared the platinum resistance thermometer with Regnault's normal air thermometer and from which he deduced that the resistance of a properly made platinum wire can be related to the reading of the air thermometer by a parabolic formula that was accurate within 1 percent." :: DSB]. // 3. Ernest Howard Griffiths (1851-1932), On the Determination of Some Boiling and Freezing Points by Means of the Platinum Thermometer. 1891. INSCRIBED by the author. [See: L.B. Hunt, "The Origin of the Platinum Resistance Thermometer," Platinum Metals Rev., 1980, 24, (3), 104]. // 4. Ernest Howard Griffiths; & Hugh Longbourne Callendar, On the Determination of the Boiling-Point of Sulphur, and on a method of standardizing platinum resistance thermometers by reference to it. Cavendish Laboratory. 1891. INSCRIBED by Griffiths, "E.H.G." // 5. Ernest Howard Griffiths, The Value of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, deduced from some experiments performed with the view of establishing the relation between the electrical and mechanical units . . . 1893. [Compliments of the author was once written on the copy, but now erased]. // 6. Ernest Howard Griffiths, The Latent Heat of Evaporation of Water. 1895. "With the Author's Compliments." [Griffiths]. // 7. John Walton Capstick, On the Ratio of the Specific Heats of the Parafins, and their Monohalogen Derivatives. 1894. INSCRIBED "From J.N. Carpenter". [John Walton Capstick (1858-1937), joined the Cavendish Laboratory and held a prominent role from 1891 to 1898, and in the administration of Trinity College from 1895 until 1910]. // 8. John Walton Capstick, On the Ratio of the Specific Heats of Some Compound Gases. 1895. // 9. [Volume Two]: John Henry Poynting, On a Determination of the Mean Density of the Earth and the Gravitation Constant by Means of the Common Balance. 1892. With the Compliments of the Author. [Poynting (1852-1914), British physicist, In the late 1870s he worked in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge under James Clerk Maxwell. Poynting won the University of Cambridge John Couch Adams Prize in 1893]. // 10. Oliver J. Lodge, Aberration Problems. A discussion concerning the motion of the ether near the Earth, and concerning the connexion between ether and gross matter: with some new experiments. 1893. INSCRIBED, "With the Author's Compliments." [Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS (1851–1940), British physicist, "best known for his advocacy and elaboration of Maxwell's aether theory."] // 11. W.C. Dampier Whetham, On the Alleged Slipping at the Boundary of a Liquid in Motion. 1890. [William Cecil Dampier Whetham (1867-1952), studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and then began his research work at the Cavendish Laboratories in 1889. // 12. J.J. Thomson, On the Determination of the Number of Electrostatic Units in the Electromagnetic Unit of Electricity. 1883. // 13. J.J. Thomson; & G.F.C. Searle, A Determination of "v," the ratio of the electromagnetic unit of electricity to the electrostatic unit. 1890. // 14. R.T. Glazebrook (1854-1935); & T.C. Fitzpatrick, On the Specific Resistance of Mercury. 1888. [Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook KCB KCVO FRS, English physicist, studied physics under James Clerk Maxwell and Lord Rayleigh at the new Cavendish Laboratory and in 1880 was appointed a demonstrator at the laboratory. In 1899 he became the first Director of the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington]. // 15. R.T. Glazebrook; & S. Skinner, On the Clark Cell as a Standard of Electromotive Force. 1892. // 16. W.C. Dampier Whetham, On the Velocities of the Ions. 1895. INSCRIBED "L.R. Wilberforce, Esqr. With the Author's Compliments". // 17. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935), Experimental Researches in Magnetism. 1885. [Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS, FRSE MInstitCE (1855?1935) Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis.] // 18. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935), Effects of Stress and Magnetisation on the Thermoelectric Quality of Iron. 1886. // 19. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935); & G.C. Cowan, Magnetic Qualities of Nickel. 1888. // 20. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935), Magnetic Qualities of Nickel. (Supplementary paper). 1888. // 21. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935); & William Low, On the Magnetisation of Iron and other Magnetic Metals in Very Strong Fields. 1889. // 22. [Volume Three]: S.W.J. Smith, On the Nature of Electrocapillary Phenomena. 1899. // 23. Hon. R.J. Strutt, On the Least Potential Difference Required to Produce Discharge Through Various Gases. 1900. [Robert John Strutt (1875-1947), 4th Baron Rayleigh FRS]. // 24. Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), A Magnetic Detector of Electrical Waves and Some of its Applications. 1897. [Rutherford, worked with J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory, and in 1908 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 'for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.' "The magnetic detector or Marconi magnetic detector, sometimes called the "Maggie", was an early radio wave detector used in some of the first radio receivers to receive Morse code messages during the wireless telegraphy era around the turn of the 20th century. Developed in 1902 by radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi from a method invented in 1895 by New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford it was used in Marconi wireless stations until around 1912, when it was superseded by vacuum tubes."]. Signed by Wilberforce. // 25. George Frederick Charles Searle (1864-1954), Problems in Electric Convection. 1896. Inscribed by the author. Searle, FRS, British physicist & teacher, of Searle's bar fame, was responsible for the practical laboratories at Cavendish, where he worked under J.J. Thomson. // 26. John S. Townsend (1868-1957), Magnetization of Liquids. 1896. INSCRIBED: "L. R. Wilberforce, Esq., With the Author's Compts." Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist. // 27. G.T. Walker, On Boomerangs. 1897. Communicated by J.J. Thomson. Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker, CSI, FRS (1868–1958), nicknamed "Boomerang Walker", English physicist and statistician. "Walker studied mathematics and applied it to a variety of fields including aerodynamics, electromagnetism and the analysis of time-series data before taking up a teaching position at Cambridge University." // 28. A.M. Worthington; & R.S. Cole, Impact With a Liquid Surface, Studied by the Aid of Instantaneous Photography. 1897. [Well before the photo-work of Harold "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990], working with a stroboscope. "Arthur Mason Worthington CB, FRS [1852-1916] was an English physicist and educator. He is best known for his work on fluid mechanics, especially the physics of splashes; for observing those, he pioneered techniques of high speed photography." // 29. C.T. Heycock; & F.H. Neville. Complete Freezing-Point Curves of Binary Alloys Containing Silver or Copper Together with Another Metal. 1897. INSCRIBED "With the Compliments of the Authors." // 30. Prof. Osborne Reynolds; & W.H. Moorby. Bakerian Lecture. The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. 1898. INSCRIBED, "With Prof. Osborne Reynolds Compliments." // 31. Richard Threlfall; & Joseph Henry Draper Brearly, Researches on the Electric Properties of Pure Substances. 1896. // 32. John S. Townsend (1868-1957), The Diffusion of Ions into Gases. 1899. INSCRIBED, "With the Author's Compliments." [see above]. // 33. James Alfred Ewing (1855-1935); & Walter Rosenhain, Bakerian Lecture. The Crystalline Structure of Metals. 1899. // 34. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1868-1959), Condensation of Water Vapour in the Presence of Dust-Free Air and Other Gases. 1897. INSCRIBED to "L. R. Wilberforce Esq., With the Author's Compliments." Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the cloud chamber. // 35. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1868-1959), On the Condensation Nuclei Produced in Gases by the Action of Rontgen Rays, Uranium Rays, Ultra-Violet Light, and Other Agents. 1899. INSCRIBED to "With the Author's Compliments." This won him the Nobel Prize for physics in 1927. [see below, next item]. // 36. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1868-1959), On the Comparative Efficiency as Condensation Nuclei of Positively and Negatively Charged Ions. INSCRIBED to "With the Author's Compliments." // PROVENANCE: Lionel Robert Wilberforce (1861-1944), graduated from Trinity College (1884), Professor of Physics, London, physicist, best known for the Wilberforce pendulum. His history explains why this collection was kept: Wilberforce worked with J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. He taught at University College, Liverpool. See: DNB. (Inventory #: S13230)