20. Rutherford ( Prof. Sir Ernest) Collision of alpha Particles with Light Atoms, Parts I-IV, in ‘The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science’ vol.XXXVII, Sixth Series, No.CCXXII, Papers LI-LIV, pp.537-587, with the rest of the volume, plates, some folding, diagrams and illustrations, title with inscription erased at head and portion cut from fore-edge of title and repaired just touching quotation on verso (presumably library stamp removed), library cloth, [PMM 411], 8vo, 1919.
est. £200 – £300
The first announcement of the splitting of the atom.