A brief biog. account of the physicist, Edgar Buckingham, and his studies on fluorescence is presented. Buckingham aimed to extend the then-known facts in fluorescence and to interpret the results in terms of the Arrhenius ionic theory, which was strongly promoted in Ostwald's lab. Buckingham's optical equipment was simply the Stokes dark box, with colored glass filters for sunlight and, occasionally, artificial light. The availability of electrolytic conductance app. was a major asset, allowing him to assess the ionic state of his solns.
Publisher
Division of the History of Chemistry
ISSN
1053-4385
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
article
Language
eng
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127534
DOI
https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2002v027p057
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Copyright 2002 Division of the History of Chemistry
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