The collected works of Irving Langmuir. Volume 4, Electrical discharge : with contributions in memoriam including a complete bibliography of his works

Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ifc1 Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv HONORARY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD , Page v FOREWORD , Pages vii-xi , C. GUY SUITS PREFACE TO VOLUME 4 , Page xiii , HAROLD E. WAY INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 4: A CONTRIBUTION IN MEMORIAM , Pages xvii-xxii , J.D. COBINE POSITIVE ION CURRENTS FROM THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF MERCURY ARCS , Pages 1-3 POSITIVE ION CURRENTS IN THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF THE MERCURY ARC , Pages 4-12 A SIMPLE METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES OF IONIZATION PHENOMENA IN GASES , Pages 13-17 , H.A. JONES A NEW TYPE OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGE: THE STREAMER DISCHARGE , Pages 18-22 , C.G. FOUND, A.F. DITTMER STUDIES OF ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES , Pages 23-98 , HAROLD MOTT-SMITH JR. THE THEORY OF COLLECTORS IN GASEOUS DISCHARGES , Pages 99-132 , H.M. MOTT-SMITH ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES , Pages 133-153 CONTROL OF AN ARC DISCHARGE BY MEANS OF A GRID , Pages 154-161 , ALBERT W. HULL ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES , Pages 162-179 ELECTRIC DISCHARGES IN VACUUM AND IN GASES AT LOW PRESSURES , Pages 180-202 ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN GASES , Pages 203-325 , KARL T. COMPTON ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES IN GASES , Pages 326-393 , KARL T. COMPTON APPENDIX I - IRVING LANGMUIR — CURRICULUM VITAE , Pages 395-396 APPENDIX II - COMPLETE LIST OF PAPERS OF DR. IRVING LANGMUIR AS THEY APPEAR IN THE LANGMUIR MEMORIAL VOLUMES , Pages 397-409