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Finding Aid to the Edward Nichols reprints, 1879-1930

Publisher:

American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org

2009

Encoding Information:

Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.

Finding aid is written in English.

Description of the Collection

Repository:

American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.

Title and dates of collection:

Edward Nichols reprints, 1879-1930

Papers created by:

Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937.

Size of collection:

1 linear foot
2 manuscript boxes

Short description of collection:

A collection of reprints of articles authored by Edward Nichols.

Language(s) of material:

English

Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

Biographical Note

American physicist (1854-1937) Cornell University (1875), Göttingen (Ph.D., 1879). Johns Hopkins, Fellow; Professor of physics and chemistry, Central University of Kentucky (1881); Professor of physics and astronomy, University of Kansas (1883); Professor of physics, Cornell University (1887). Member, National Academy of Sciences; President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907); President, American Physical Society (1907-1908).

Scope and Contents of Collection

Reprints of articles authored by Edward Nichols. Subjects include: magnetism, luminescence, optics, salts, phosphorescence, and photometry, among others. Also includes biographical memoirs on Henry Morton, DeWitt Bristol Brace, and Ogden Nichols Rood.

Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into a single series:

  • Series I: Reprints

This series is arranged chronologically.

Access to Collection

Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Lara D'Agaro in 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], Edward Nichols reprints. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

Container List

Series I: Reprints
Box 1 Folder 1 On the destruction of the passivity of iron in nitric acid by magnetization, undated
Folder 2 Studies of the lime light, undated
Folder 3 A new form of spectrophotometer, undated
Folder 4 Ueber das von gluhendem platin ausgestrahlte Licht, 1879
Folder 5 On the sensitiveness of the eye to colors of a low degree of saturation, July 1885
Folder 6 On the chemical behavior of iron in the magnetic field, April 1886
Folder 7 On black and white, November 1886
Folder 8 The electromotive force of magnetization, April 1888
Folder 9 The personal error in photometry, May 1889
Folder 10 A spectro-photometric comparison of sources of artificial illumination, August 1889
Folder 11 Note on a new photometer, May 1890
Folder 12 On the alternating electric arc between ball and a point, January 1891
Folder 13 The influence of temperature on the colours of pigments, November 1891
Folder 14 On the character of the light emitted by incandescent zinc oxide, January 1892
Folder 15 Note on the selective absorption of light by optical glass and calc-spar, April 1892
Folder 16 The age-coating in incandescent lamps, October 1892
Folder 17 Some applications of electric heating in physical laboratory practice, June 1893
Folder 18 The distribution of energy in the spectrum of the glow-lamp, January-February 1895
Folder 19 Standards of light, May 1896
Folder 20 Studies of luminescence; V. the luminescence of Sidot blende, October 1905
Folder 21 Franklin’s researches in electricity, April 1906
Folder 22 Studies of luminescence; VI. The decay of phosphorescence in Sidot blende, May 1906
Folder 23 Studies of luminescence; further experiments on the decay of phosphorescence in Sidot blende and certain other substances, July 1906
Folder 24 The mechanical equivalent of light, 1906
Folder 25 The scientific work of DeWitt Bristol Brace, June 1907
Folder 26 Studies of luminescence, November 1907
Folder 27 Professor Anthony at Cornell, April 1908
Folder 28 Daylight and artificial light, May 1908
Folder 29 Theories of the color of the sky, June 1908
Folder 30 Studies of luminescence, November 1908
Folder 31 Studies of luminescence; IX. The spectrophotometric study of certain cases of kathodo-luminescence, May 1909
Folder 32 Science and the practical problems of the future, January 1909
Folder 33 A study of the overcast skies, February 1909
Folder 34 Biographical memoir of Ogden Nicholas Rood 1831-1902, August 1909
Folder 35 Studies of luminescence; XI. The distribution of energy in fluorescence spectra, March 1910
Folder 36 The effects of temperature on phosphorescence and fluorescence, 1910
Folder 37 Studies of luminescence; XII. The absorption of alchoholic solutions of eosin and resorufin, October 1910
Folder 38 Studies of luminescence; XIII. The specific exciting power of the different wavelengths of the visible spectrum in the case of the fluorescence of eosin and resorufin, October 1910
Folder 39 Studies of luminescence, November 1910
Folder 40 Some notes on the early history of standards of light, December 1910
Folder 41 Studies of luminescence; XV. On fluorescence and phosphorescence between + 20 and – 190, January 1911
Folder 42 Some recent advances in fluorescence and phosphorescence , May 1911
Folder 43 Studies of luminescence, November 1911
Box 2 Folder 1 Daylight, April 1912
Folder 2 Studies of luminescence, 1912
Folder 3 La lumiere du jour, November 1913
Folder 4 Note on the fluorescence of frozen solutions of the uranyl salts, June 1914
Folder 5 The luminescence of kunzite, July 1914
Folder 6 Biographical memoir of Henry Morton 1836-1902, February 1915
Folder 7 A new fluorescence spectrum of uranyl ammonio-chloride, November 1915
Folder 8 Note on the phosphorescence of uranyl salts, May 1916
Folder 9 A new form of phosphoroscope, June 1916
Folder 10 The fluorescence and absorption of certain pleochroic crystals of the uranyl salts, October 1916
Folder 11 New data on the phosphorescence of certain sulphides, November 1916
Folder 12 Color-photographs of the phosphorescence of certain metallic sulphides, 1916
Folder 13 The influence of water of crystallization upon the fluorescence and absorption spectra of uranyl nitrate, February 1917
Folder 14 On the phosphorescence of the uranyl salts, April 1917
Folder 15 Spectral structure of the phosphorescence of certain sulphides, 1917
Folder 16 On the unpolarized fluorescence and absorption of four double chlorides of uranyl, April 1918
Folder 17 Types of phosphorescence, Auguts 1918
Folder 18 The photoluminescence and kathodoluminescence of calcite, November 1918
Folder 19 Fluorescence and absorption of the uranyl acetates, September 1919
Folder 20 Fluorescence and absorption of the uranyl sulphates, October 1919
Folder 21 Fluorescence of the uranyl salts, 1919
Folder 22 Luminescence as a factor in artificial lighting, October 1921
Folder 23 On founder’s day, May 1922
Folder 24 Report on studies of luminescence, 1925
Folder 25 Uranium as an activator, May 1926
Folder 26 Note on the rare earths as activators of luminescence, November 1926
Folder 27 Links connecting fluorescence and the luminescence of incandescent solids, December 1926
Folder 28 On the transformation spectra, March 1927
Folder 29 The transformation spectrum of the ruby, February 1929
Folder 30 Ozone in luminescence , January 1930
Folder 31 Reversible oxidation in luminescence, March 1930
Folder 32 Activators in cando-luminescence, March 1930