The electron, its isolation and measurement and the determination of some of its properties
John Stuart Mill · en
11 Sodium
34 Selenium
57 Lanthanum
80 Mercury
12 Magnesium
35 Bromine
58 Cerium
81 Thallium
13 Aluminium
36 Krypton
59 Praseodymium
82 Lead
14 Silicon
37 Rubidium
60 Neodymium
83 Bismuth
15 Phosphorus
38 Strontium
61 ——
84 Polonium
16 Sulphur
39 Yttrium
62 Samarium
85 ——
17 Chlorine
40 Zirconium
63 Europium
86 Emanation
18 Argon
41 Niobium
64 Gadolinium
87 ——
19 Potassium
42 Molybdenum
65 Terbium
88 Radium
20 Calcium
43 ——
66 Dyprosium
89 Actinium
21 Scandium
44 Rhuthenium
67 Holmium
90 Thorium
22 Titanium
45 Rhodium
68 Erbium
91 Uranium X
23 Vanadium
46 Paladium
69 Thulium
92 Uranium
FOOTNOTES:
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Phil. Mag., XIX (1860; 4th series), 28. Clausius
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See Werke, IV, 281.
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Op. cit., p. 294.
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H. B. Wahlin, ibid., p. 267.
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Phil. Mag., XXIX (1890; 5th series), 56.
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Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., IX (1897), 333.
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Ibid., p. 345.
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Phil. Mag., XLVI (1898), 528.