A THEORY of radioactivity has been proposed by Perrin, who suggested that the disintegration of the radioactive elements may be due to their absorption of cosmic radiations. Former efforts to verify ...
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SOME months ago, when engaged on a study of radioactive disintegration series, the results of which appeared in the October issue of the Philosophical Magazine, I was able to formulate simple rules ...