Open AccessThe action of radium and certain other salts on gelatin
Publication year - 1906
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1906.0083
Subject(s) - action (physics) , subject (documents) , gelatin , radium , photography , chemistry , computer science , physics , art , visual arts , biochemistry , radiochemistry , library science , quantum mechanics
The action of radio-active substances on gelatin media has recently attracted attention. In 'Nature’ there appears a letter by J. B. Burke, in which the writer states that certain “bacterial-like” cells are obtained as the result of the action, the cells grow up to a certain stage and subdivide, they contain a nucleus, and appear to be highly organised bodies. The author has made numerous experiments on this subject, and has made several communications to ‘Nature’ and to the Cambridge Philosophical Society. The present paper deals chiefly with the results obtained by the aid of photography, which obviously is a much more satisfactory method of recording than mere drawing.