Barkla

[bahrk-luh]

noun

1. Charles Glover 1877–1944, English physicist: Nobel Prize 1917.

Barkla

/ ˈbɑːklə /

noun

1. Charles Glover . 1877–1944, British physicist, noted for his work on X-rays: Nobel prize for physics 1917

Example Sentences

All Bodies Are Good Bodies, read aloud by Charlotte Barkla A book which is about celebrating awesome incredible bodies that do unbelievable things.

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In the early twentieth century, physicists including Charles Glover Barkla and Ernest Rutherford noticed that the central charge of an atom is roughly half of its atomic weight.

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In Jack Barkla's stage design, Temple's home looks like a high-tech waiting room outside the Second Circle of Hell.

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The X-Rays: Röntgen's discovery—Properties of X-rays—Not homogeneous—Rutherford and M'Clung's experiments on energy corresponding to—Barkla's experiments on polarisation of—Their speed that of light—Are they merely ultra-violet?—Stokes and Wiechert's theory of independent pulsations generally preferred—J.J.

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Dr Barkla has shown also that they can manifest true polarization.

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