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Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 Transformation of Kinetic Energy of Free Electrons into Excitation Energy of Atoms by Impacts Pdf 6 kB  

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1926 The Results of the Electron-Impact Tests in the Light of Bohr’s Theory of Atoms Pdf 204 kB  

James Franck’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1926 (in German) Eure königliche Hoheiten! Meine hochverehrten Damen und Herren! Ich bitte um die Erlaubnis, gleichzeitig im Namen meines Freundes Hertz für die so sehr freundlichen Worte danken zu dürfen, die Herr Oseen und Herr Cassel uns gewidmet haben. Gern möchte ich die…

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Nobel Lecture, May 23, 1924 The Electron and the Light-Quant from the Experimental Point of View Pdf 130 kB

Charles-Edouard Guillaume’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1920 (in French) Altesses, Mesdames, Messieurs, Lorsque s’approchent les cérémonies consacrées à la proclamation des Prix Nobel, c’est, disait il y a un instant l’illustre Professeur Montelius, une joie pour l’Académie, pour la science suédoise, pour la Suède tout entière, de penser que l’on…

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1920 Invar and Elinvar Pdf 258 kB

Nobel Lecture, June 3, 1920 Structural and Spectral Changes of Chemical Atoms The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. They formed the concept, as a philosophical speculation, of the indivisible particle, the atom, as the smallest component of perceptible objects. However, they did…

Charles Glover Barkla’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, June 1, 1920 Let me first say how much I regret that the British are not more fully represented at this celebration. When the invitation came to hand Professor Sir had already entered into several important engagements which could not conveniently be cancelled, and unfortunately…

Nobel Lecture, June 3, 1920 Characteristic Röntgen Radiation Pdf 39 kB