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THIS elementary account of thermionic emission, after a short historical introduction, gives a brief, but well-documented, discussion of the theory of electron emission, and proceeds to a description of atomic film emitters, oxide-coated emitters and the thermal emission of positive ions. The companion monograph by Prof. E. V. Appleton on “Thermionic Vacuum Tubes” deals with applications of therm-ionics, and the two volumes are, in a measure, complementary. A bibliography of about one hundred and fifty references rounds off a very useful monograph.
Thermionic Emission
By T. J. Jones. (Methuen's Monographs on Physical Subjects.) Pp. viii + 108. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1936.) 3s. net.
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F., A. [Book Reviews]. Nature 137, 382 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137382e0
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