Deflection of a Beam of Hydrogen Chloride Molecules in a Non-Homogeneous Electric Field. Princeton 1932. PLUS Edwin M. McMillan Research- Princeton, 1932.
McMILLAN, EDWIN MADISON
Princeton 1932 DISSERTATION 4to. (28x24 cm) & (22.5x19.5 cm), respectively. Dissertation and note book bound in original paper boards wit paper labels on covers. Note book with marble paper on boards. Spines covered with black pebbled cloth. Collation for Dissertation: [1], [1]-45 [1] leaves + 11 photograph figures in text. The figures are photographs of results, instrumentation or graphs obtained by Mc Millan from experiments done for his Ph.D. research. The dissertation is a type written text on onion paper with figures pasted on paper at appropriate location to text. The first and last leaf are of official Princeton University bond paper with university logo as water mark. Second volume is McMillan's research note book consisting of 112 pates of research experiments and findings for his doctoral dissertation. Each experiment is dated following 8 pages of information for calibration of instrumentation use. The first dated entry is jan. 8, 1930 and the last October 24, 1932. On the verso of the title page to the dissertation is written "accepted by the Department of Physics/Nov.16, 1932." Mc Millan acknowledges appreciation to Professor C. T. Zahn for "his suggestion for this work" and Professor E. Condon for their advice and assistance during the course of his research. Very Good Boards (Item ID: 0000251)
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McMillian went on to have an exceptional career in nuclear physics and particle accelerator development, microwave radar and sonar. He discovered (with Abelson) neptunium and was co-discoverer of plutonium. He also originated the principle of phase stability. (World Who's Who Sci, 1968. P. 1150). In 1951 McMillan was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Glenn Theodore Seaborg " for their discoveries in chemistry of transuranium elements." (McMillan's discovery of neptunium) This is an extremely rare offering of the Ph.D. dissertation and research notebook for a Nobel Prize awardee who contributed significantly to the advancement of accelerator research at Berkeley, served as director of the Lawrence Berkely Laboratory (LBL) and was involved in designing and developing advancements at the LBL. Mc Millan obtained his Masters of Science degree from Linus Pauling at California Institute of Technology.