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IT is not possible in one lecture on phosphorescence to give any historical sketch which shall do justice to the work of those who have made a study of the phenomena. In a list of the names of the many who have enriched the subject with facts and with theories, those of Becquerel, of Stokes, and of Crookes stand out most prominently. Any attempt to make a sketch of our knowledge of phosphorescence and fluorescence must be to a very large extent an adaptation of the work and of the views of these masters.
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Phosphorescence1. Nature 58, 559–563 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058559a0
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