John Sealy Townsend
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Irish mathematical physicist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, FRS was an Irish-British mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases and directly measured the electrical charge. He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University.
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- Electricity in gases (353)
- Motion of electrons in gases (1913) (164)
- XI. The potentials required to maintain currents between coaxial cylinders (1914) (163)
- The Conductivity produced in Gases by the Motion of Negatively–charged Ions (1900) (104)
- Electrons in gases (1947) (86)
- The diffusion of ions into gases (80)
- LXXXVI. Electrical properties of neon (1928) (45)
- XVI. Electrodeless discharges (45)
- XVII. The Conductivity produced in gases by the motion of negatively charged ions (1901) (44)
- LXXVI. The genesis of ions by the motion of positive ions in a gas, and a theory of the sparking potential (1903) (36)
- XXVI.Generalization of the theory of electrical discharges (1938) (34)
- XIII. Electrical properties of newly prepared gases (1898) (28)
- XXXVIII. The conductivity produced in gases by the aid of ultra-violet light (1902) (21)
- The Charges on Positive and Negative Ions in Gases (1908) (20)
- The Charges on Ions in Gases, and the Effect of Water Vapour on the Motion of Negative Ions (1908) (20)
- The Diffusion and Mobility of Ions in a Magnetic Field (1912) (19)
- LXXXIX. The discharge of electricity from cylinders and points (1914) (14)
- CIV. Energies of Electrons in Gases (1930) (14)
- L. Applications of diffusion to conducting gases (1898) (12)
- XI.Distributions of energies of electrons (1936) (12)
- XXXIX.Diffusion of electrons in a magnetic field (1938) (11)
- LXIII. Conductivity produced in hydrogen and carbonic acid gas by the motion of negatively charged ions (1901) (11)
- LXXI.High frequency discharges in gases (1929) (11)
- XCIII.Uniform columns in electric discharges (1931) (10)
- LXX.Electrodeless discharges (1932) (10)
- LVI.Excitation of the visible spectrum of helium (1931) (8)
- XXVI. Ionization by positive ions (1933) (8)
- LXXVIII. The excitation of the visible spectrum of helium.—II (1931) (8)
- XLVI.Excitation of continuous and line spectra in helium (1932) (7)
- VI. The diffusion of ions produced in air by the action of a radioactive substance, ultra-violet light, and point discharges. (7)
- XXXIII. Electric oscillations in straight wires and solenoids (1921) (7)
- LIX. Ionization by positive ions in helium (1934) (7)
- Electric oscillations in straight wires and solenoids (1921) (5)
- XXIX. A theory of the variation of the potential required to maintain a current a gas (1905) (5)
- Ionisation by Positive Ions (1932) (5)
- Determination of the Coefficient of Inter-Diffusion of Gases and the Velocity of Ions under an Electric Force, in Terms of Mean Free Paths (1912) (5)
- VIII. Ionization by collisions of positive ions (1939) (5)
- CXII. The colour of the light from high-frequency discharges in helium (1931) (4)
- LIX. The collisions of electrons with molecules of a gas (1920) (4)
- LXXXVII.Deflexion of a current in a gas by a magnetic force (1937) (4)
- LXIV.Distribution of energies of electrons in gases (1933) (4)
- Magnetisation of liquids (4)
- XLV.The equations of motion of electrons in gases (1937) (4)
- Ionisation of Gases (1919) (4)
- LXVII. The field of force in a discharge between parallel plates (1906) (4)
- Ionisation by collision in monatomic gases (1929) (3)
- XXV. Intensity of the radiation from uniform columns in discharge-tubes (1933) (3)
- Effect of a magnetic force on the motion of negative ions in a gas (1912) (3)
- Identity of Negative Ions Produced in Various Ways (1902) (3)
- Magnetization of Liquids (2)
- XVI.Theories of ionization (1935) (2)
- On the Conductivity of a Gas, between Parallel Plate Electrodes, When the Current Approaches the Maximum Value (1911) (2)
- The diffusion of electrons through a slit (1914) (2)
- LXIX. Electrical properties of helium (1924) (2)
- The Charges on Ions in Gases, and Some Effects that Influence the Motion of Negative Ions (1911) (2)
- A comment of the paper by sten von friesen "on the values of fundamental atomic constants" (1937) (1)
- XXIX. Energy required to ionize a molecule by collision (1914) (1)
- The diffusion of ions produced in air by the action of a radioactive substance, ultra-violet light, and point discharges (0)
- Prof. Jean B. Perrin, For. Mem. R.S. (1942) (0)
- XXVII. The charges on ions (1904) (0)
- Rough Balance Sheet of the Sun Spot Ledger of 1895 (1895) (0)
- QUARK FRAGMENTATION : SOME SIMPLE TESTS FOR QCD (0)
- Abstracts of Royal Society Papers (1928) (0)
- The Charges on Ions. (1909) (0)
- Note on the Role of Positive Ions in the Disruptive Discharge (1928) (0)
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