Project Gutenberg 2010-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 71 Venable, F. P. (Francis Preston) 1856 1934 Venable, Francis Preston 17008222 A Brief Account of Radio-activity Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Brief Account of Radio-activity" by F. P. Venable is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the field of radioactivity, shedding light on its historical development, properties, and implications within chemistry and physics. Venable, a professor of chemistry, aims to provide readers—especially those with a background in sciences—a clearer understanding of radioactivity without delving too deeply into complex mathematical theories. In this treatise, Venable discusses pivotal discoveries, beginning with Henri Becquerel's initial observation of natural radioactivity and extending to the identification of elements like radium and polonium by Pierre and Marie Curie. The book outlines the various types of radiations emitted by radioactive materials—alpha, beta, and gamma rays—describing their properties, behaviors, and interactions with matter. He also emphasizes the significance of radioactivity in altering established chemical theories, particularly in relation to atomic structure and the periodic system. Through this work, Venable provides insights into the fundamental nature of matter, demonstrating how the field has expanded our understanding of atomic interactions and the underlying principles of chemistry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Radioactivity QC Text Browsing: Science - General 121219 121177 2024-09-13T13:49:27.308559 2023-09-14T07:50:12.407933 text/html text/html 116610 2010-05-09T09:56:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1398611 2010-05-09T09:56:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1462816 2024-09-13T13:49:32.018593 application/epub+zip 1462592 2024-09-13T13:49:28.925561 application/epub+zip 94695 2024-09-13T13:49:27.885552 application/epub+zip 1556086 2024-09-13T13:49:34.321516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1538800 2024-09-13T13:49:31.345577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171893 2022-09-15T03:59:48.112690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102420 102228 2024-09-13T13:49:26.892555 2023-09-14T07:50:12.025936 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102346 2010-05-09T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 34844 2010-05-09T09:56:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102345 2010-05-09T09:56:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34820 2010-05-09T09:56:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19800 2024-09-13T13:49:34.456544 application/rdf+xml 11637 2024-09-13T13:49:28.243557 image/jpeg 2821 2024-09-13T13:49:28.064541 image/jpeg 1458571 2024-09-13T13:49:27.345601 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia