Spectroscopy and the Elements in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Work of Sir William Crookes

@article{DeKosky1973SpectroscopyAT,
  title={Spectroscopy and the Elements in the Late Nineteenth Century: The Work of Sir William Crookes},
  author={Robert K. DeKosky},
  journal={The British Journal for the History of Science},
  year={1973},
  volume={6},
  pages={400 - 423}
}
  • R. K. DeKosky
  • Published 1 December 1973
  • Law
  • The British Journal for the History of Science
Two imposing related problems confronted the chemical spectroscopist of the late nineteenth century. First, he lacked a criterion for judging the validity of claims for elemental discoveries; indeed, he possessed no satisfactory operational definition of the chemical element. Secondly, he felt the need for correlating the spectra of the elements to a conception of their ultimate constitution. 
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