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Renaud Guilbert, a student at McGill University, seeks original documentation for four classic experiments in modern physics: the Compton effect (1923), the Hall effect (1879), the Mössbauer effect (1957), and the Zeeman effect (1896). He has found partial results in the Physical Review magazine but requires further assistance in locating the original papers. Specific references and links to these papers are provided, including those from Physical Review, the American Journal of Mathematics, and Nature.

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  • Understanding of classic physics experiments and their significance.
  • Familiarity with academic journal databases such as JSTOR and Physical Review.
  • Knowledge of citation formats for historical scientific papers.
  • Basic research skills for locating academic publications online.
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  • Research the original paper by Arthur Compton in Physical Review, vol. 21, 1923.
  • Locate E. H. Hall's paper in the American Journal of Mathematics, 1879.
  • Find R. L. Mössbauer's publications in Z. Physik and Naturwissenschaften from 1958.
  • Investigate the Zeeman effect papers published in Verhandlungen der Physikalischen Gesellschaft and Nature in 1896 and 1897.
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Students, researchers, and educators in physics, particularly those interested in the historical context and original findings of key experiments in modern physics.

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Hello everyone.

My name is Renaud Guilbert and I need some specific documentation for a work based on the history of physics. To achieve it, I need the original papers of 4 experiments that are now classics of modern physics. By original papers, I mean the first report of the experiment, usually written by the scientist himself. The four experiments I need the papers for are:

The Compton effect (1923)
The Hall effect (1879)
The Mössbauer effect (1957)
The Zeeman effect (1896)

I already browsed up Physics Review magazine and got some results for one of them only. Your support and help would be much needed and appreciated. If you have a link to those, a path to follow, or only a suggestion of where to look or what keywords to look for, communicate with me through rrjg5_saphlav@hotmail.com or by posting back at this topic. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Good luck through your own searching.

Renaud Guilbert, student at the physics faculty of McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
 
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after a little googling:

Compton, Physical Review (vol. 21, 1923, p. 483-502)
http://www.aip.org/history/gap/Compton/Compton.html

E. H. Hall, "On a New Action of the Magnet on Electrical Current," Amer. J. Math. 2, 287-292 (1879).
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9327%28187909%292%3A3%3C287%3AOANAOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F

R. L Mössbauer, Z. Physik, 1958, 151, 124.
R. L. Mössbauer, Naturwissenschaften, 1958, 22, 538.

Zeeman, P., Verhandlungen der Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 1896, 7, 128
Zeeman, P., Nature 1897, 55, 347
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Chem-History/Zeeman-effect.html

try those out
 
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