G. E. M. Jauncey and the Compton Effect

Physics in Perspective

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 320-332

  Jenkin, John ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

rays; (William) Lawrence Bragg; Arthur Holly Compton; Classical electrodynamics; Compton effect; G. E. M. Jauncey; History of physics; Quantum theory; Washington University; William Henry Bragg; X rays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346109703     PISSN: 14226944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00016-002-8371-7     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Roger H. Stuewer, The Compton Effect: Turning Point in Physics (New York: Science History Publications, 1975).
2. Bruce Wheaton, Book review in Isis 69 (1978), 636-638, on 637-638.
3. Ibid., p. 637.
4. Much of what follows in this section is taken from Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1). See also Robert S. Shankland, "Compton, Arthur Holly," in C. C. Gillispie, ed., Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 3 (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1971), pp. 366-372.
5. Much of what follows in this section is taken from Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1). See also Robert S. Shankland, "Compton, Arthur Holly," in C. C. Gillispie, ed., Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. 3 (New York: Scribner's Sons, 1971), pp. 366-372.
6. Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1), pp. 93. This was the instrument first invented by William Henry Bragg, the father of (William) Lawrence Bragg and used by them so successfully for X-ray crystallography.
7. Ibid., p. 97.
8. Ibid., p. 98.
9. Ibid., p. 143.
10. Quoted in ibid., p. 150.
11. Ibid., p. 158.
12. Ibid., p. 160.
13. Quoted in ibid.
14. Ibid., pp. 177-178.
15. Ibid., p. 185.
16. Arthur H. Compton, "Secondary Radiations Produced by X-Rays, and some of their Applications to Physical Problems," Bulletin of the National Research Council 4, No. 20 (October 1922), 1-56; reprinted in Robert S. Shankland, ed., Scientific Papers of Arthur Holly Compton: X-Ray and Other Studies (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973), pp. 321-377.
17. Arthur H. Compton, "Secondary Radiations Produced by X-Rays, and some of their Applications to Physical Problems," Bulletin of the National Research Council 4, No. 20 (October 1922), 1-56; reprinted in Robert S. Shankland, ed., Scientific Papers of Arthur Holly Compton: X-Ray and Other Studies (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973), pp. 321-377.
18. Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1), pp. 196-197.
19. Ibid., p. 204.
20. Ibid., p. 206.
21. Quoted in ibid., pp. 209-211.
22. Ibid., p. 235.
23. Arthur H. Compton, "A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements," Physical Review 21 (1922), 483-502; reprinted in Shankland, Scientific Papers of Arthur Holly Compton (ref. 15), pp. 382-401.
24. Ibid., pp. 484-485, 383-384.
25. Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1), pp. 237-239; Compton, "A Quantum Theory" (ref. 21), p. 502, 401.
26. Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1), pp. 237-239; Compton, "A Quantum Theory" (ref. 21), p. 502, 401.
27. Stuewer, Compton Effect (ref. 1), p. 217.
28. V. A. Edgeloe, "Three More Early Graduates of Distinction," Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 13 (1985), 102-105; School Archives, Prince Alfred College, Kent Town, South Australia.
29. Ibid; Adelaide University, Archives.
30. E. N. da C. Andrade, "William Henry Bragg 1862-1942," Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 4 (1942-44), 276-300; G. M. Caroe, William Henry Bragg 1862-1942: Man and Scientist (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978); John Jenkin, The Bragg Family in Adelaide: A Pictorial Celebration (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Foundation, 1986).
31. E. N. da C. Andrade, "William Henry Bragg 1862-1942," Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 4 (1942-44), 276-300; G. M. Caroe, William Henry Bragg 1862-1942: Man and Scientist (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978); John Jenkin, The Bragg Family in Adelaide: A Pictorial Celebration (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Foundation, 1986).
32. E. N. da C. Andrade, "William Henry Bragg 1862-1942," Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 4 (1942-44), 276-300; G. M. Caroe, William Henry Bragg 1862-1942: Man and Scientist (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978); John Jenkin, The Bragg Family in Adelaide: A Pictorial Celebration (Adelaide: University of Adelaide Foundation, 1986).
33. Kerr Grant and G. E. M. Jauncey, "The Ionization Produced by the Impact of Solid Bodies in Air," Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 36 (1912), 1-13.
34. Jauncey file (no. 355), Archives of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Imperial College, London; Record of the Science Research Scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (London: the Commissioners, 1961).
35. See refs. 27 and 29; for Lawrence Bragg see, for example, Sir David Phillips, "William Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971," Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 25 (1979), 75-143; J. M. Thomas and Sir David Phillips, eds., Selections and Reflections: The Legacy of Sir Lawrence Bragg (London: The Royal Institution, 1990).
36. See refs. 27 and 29; for Lawrence Bragg see, for example, Sir David Phillips, "William Lawrence Bragg 1890-1971," Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 25 (1979), 75-143; J. M. Thomas and Sir David Phillips, eds., Selections and Reflections: The Legacy of Sir Lawrence Bragg (London: The Royal Institution, 1990).
37. See ref. 29; the letter from Bragg to Glazebrook is dated July 3, [1913]; for Glazebrook's role with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 see Lord Rayleigh and F. J. Selby, "Richard Tetley Glazebrook 1854-1935," Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 2 (1936), 29-56, on 50.
38. Entry for Jauncey in R. W. Home, Physics in Australia to 1945: Bibliography and Biographical Register (Melbourne: Melbourne and Monash Universities, 1990), p. 96.
39. Ibid.
40. Compton, "A Quantum Theory" (ref. 21), p. 502, 401.
41. G. E. M. Jauncey, "A Corpuscular Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements," Physical Review 22 (1923), 233-241, on 241.
42. "Addresses made at the Memorial Service honoring Mr George Eric Macdonnell Jauncey, in Wilson Hall, Washington University, Saint Louis, May 23, 1947," Washington University Archives, St. Louis, Missouri.
43. G. E. M. Jauncey, Modern Physics: A Second Course in College Physics (New York: Van Nostrand, 1932, 1937, 1948).
44. Edgeloe, "Three More Early Graduates" (ref. 25), p. 105. The prizes continued until about 1960.
45. John L. Heilbron interview with Carl H. Eckart, May 31, 1962, Archive for History of Quantum Physics, Niels Bohr Library, American Institute of Physics, College Park, Maryland. Quoted by permission of the American Institute of Physics.
46. For a full account of Eckart's life and work, see Walter Munk and Rudolph Preisendorfer, "Carl Henry Eckart, 1902-1973," Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 48 (1976), 195-219. The first paper Eckart published, before leaving for Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1925, was coauthored with Jauncey; see C. H. Eckart and G. E. M. Jauncey, "Is there a change of wavelength on reflection of X-rays from crystals?" Nature 112 (1923), 325-326.
47. For a full account of Eckart's life and work, see Walter Munk and Rudolph Preisendorfer, "Carl Henry Eckart, 1902-1973," Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 48 (1976), 195-219. The first paper Eckart published, before leaving for Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1925, was coauthored with Jauncey; see C. H. Eckart and G. E. M. Jauncey, "Is there a change of wavelength on reflection of X-rays from crystals?" Nature 112 (1923), 325-326.
48. Heilbron interview with Eckart (ref. 39), p. 2.
49. Perhaps Eckart was referring to Erwin Schrödingcr's series of papers, "Der Energieinhalt der Festkörper im Lichte der neueren Forschung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 20 (1919), 420-428, 450-455, 474-480, 497-503; 523-526; reprinted in Erwin Schrödinger, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 1. Beiträge zur statistischen Mechanik (Wien: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Branuschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1984), pp. 277-307. It seems more likely, however, that the immediate stimulus was Erwin Schrödinger's paper, "Dopplerprinzip und Bohrsche Frequenzbedingung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 23 (1922), 301-303; reprinted in Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 3. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie, pp. 11-13. See also Walter Moore, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 160.
50. Perhaps Eckart was referring to Erwin Schrödingcr's series of papers, "Der Energieinhalt der Festkörper im Lichte der neueren Forschung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 20 (1919), 420-428, 450-455, 474-480, 497-503; 523-526; reprinted in Erwin Schrödinger, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 1. Beiträge zur statistischen Mechanik (Wien: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Branuschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1984), pp. 277-307. It seems more likely, however, that the immediate stimulus was Erwin Schrödinger's paper, "Dopplerprinzip und Bohrsche Frequenzbedingung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 23 (1922), 301-303; reprinted in Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 3. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie, pp. 11-13. See also Walter Moore, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 160.
51. Perhaps Eckart was referring to Erwin Schrödingcr's series of papers, "Der Energieinhalt der Festkörper im Lichte der neueren Forschung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 20 (1919), 420-428, 450-455, 474-480, 497-503; 523-526; reprinted in Erwin Schrödinger, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 1. Beiträge zur statistischen Mechanik (Wien: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Branuschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1984), pp. 277-307. It seems more likely, however, that the immediate stimulus was Erwin Schrödinger's paper, "Dopplerprinzip und Bohrsche Frequenzbedingung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 23 (1922), 301-303; reprinted in Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 3. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie, pp. 11-13. See also Walter Moore, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 160.
52. Perhaps Eckart was referring to Erwin Schrödingcr's series of papers, "Der Energieinhalt der Festkörper im Lichte der neueren Forschung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 20 (1919), 420-428, 450-455, 474-480, 497-503; 523-526; reprinted in Erwin Schrödinger, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 1. Beiträge zur statistischen Mechanik (Wien: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Branuschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1984), pp. 277-307. It seems more likely, however, that the immediate stimulus was Erwin Schrödinger's paper, "Dopplerprinzip und Bohrsche Frequenzbedingung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 23 (1922), 301-303; reprinted in Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 3. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie, pp. 11-13. See also Walter Moore, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 160.
53. Perhaps Eckart was referring to Erwin Schrödingcr's series of papers, "Der Energieinhalt der Festkörper im Lichte der neueren Forschung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 20 (1919), 420-428, 450-455, 474-480, 497-503; 523-526; reprinted in Erwin Schrödinger, Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 1. Beiträge zur statistischen Mechanik (Wien: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften and Branuschweig/Wiesbaden: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1984), pp. 277-307. It seems more likely, however, that the immediate stimulus was Erwin Schrödinger's paper, "Dopplerprinzip und Bohrsche Frequenzbedingung," Physikalische Zeitschrift 23 (1922), 301-303; reprinted in Gesammelte Abhandlungen. Band 3. Beiträge zur Quantentheorie, pp. 11-13. See also Walter Moore, Schrödinger: Life and Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 160.
54. Heilbron interview with Eckart (ref. 39), p. 2.
55. A. L. Hughes and R. N. Varney, "Professor G. E. M. Jauncey, 1888-1947," American Journal of Physics 15 (1947), 434.
56. G. E. M. Jauncey, "The Birth and Early Infancy of X-rays," American Journal of Physics 13 (1945), 362-379; "The Early Years of Radioactivity," ibid. 14 (1946), 226-241.
57. G. E. M. Jauncey, "The Birth and Early Infancy of X-rays," American Journal of Physics 13 (1945), 362-379; "The Early Years of Radioactivity," ibid. 14 (1946), 226-241.
58. "Addresses ... honoring ... Jauncey" (ref. 36).