Diffraction of Cathode Rays by a Thin Film (Thomson, Paget, Reid) in Nature, Vol. 119, No. 3007, June 18, 1927, p. 890 AND The Diffraction of Cathode Rays by Thin Films of Platinum (Thomson) in Nature, Vol. 120, No. 3031, December 3, 1927, p. 802
London: Macmillan, 1927. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF THOMSON & REID’S NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PAPERS “for the experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals” (Nobel Prize Portal). The experiments conducted here “beautifully confirmed the [de Broglie’s] wave theory” (Lindau Nobel Laureate Portal). Sir George Paget..... More