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John William Nicholson
Summary
John William Nicholson, FRS (1 November 1881 – 3 October 1955) was an English mathematician and physicist. Nicholson is noted as the first to create an atomic model that quantized angular momentum as h/2π. Nicholson was also the first to create a nuclear and quantum theory that explains spectral line radiation as electrons descend toward the nucleus, identifying hitherto unknown solar and nebular spectral lines. Niels Bohr quoted him in his 1913 paper of the Bohr model of the atom.
Based on the results of astronomical spectroscopy of nebula he proposed in 1911 the existence of several yet undiscovered elements. Coronium with an atomic weight of 0.51282, nebulium with a weight of 1.6281 and protofluorine with a weight of 2.361. Ira Sprague Bowen was able to attribute the spectroscopical lines of nebulium to doubly ionized oxygen making the new elements obsolete for their explanation. Some authors have pointed out the remarkable success that Nicholson's work initially experienced in spite of being founded on concepts that were eventually shown to be incorrect.
Nicholson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1917. In 1919, Nicholson won the Adams Prize.
On electrical vibrations between confocal elliptic cylinders, with special reference to short waves. Phil. Mag. 10, 225-236. (1905)
On the diffraction of short waves by a rigid sphere. Phil. Mag. 11, 193-205.
A general solution of the electromagnetic relations. Phil. Mag. 13, 259-265.
The scattering of sound by spheroids and disks. Phil. Mag. 14, 364-377.
On the reflexion of waves from a stratum of gradually varying properties, with application to sound. Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 81, 286-299. (1908)
Inductance in parallel wires. Nature, Loud. 77, 295.
The simple equivalent of an alternating current in parallel wires. Nature, Loud. 80, 247-248.
The inductance of two parallel wires. Phil. Mag. 17, 255-275.
Inductance and resistance in telephone and other circuits. Phil. Mag. 18, 417-432.
The scattering of light by a large conducting sphere. Proc. Lond. Math.
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