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Selected Manuscripts of Rudolf Ladenburg

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Ladenburg, Rudolf Walter, 1882-1952

Physicist Ladenburg, son of eminent German chemist Albert Ladenburg, was born in Germany in 1882. His most original work was on the anomalous dispersion of gases, completed before 1931 when he came to Princeton where his interest turned to nuclear physics. He retired in 1950.

The collection contains selected manuscripts of Ladenburg with special emphasis on lecture and laboratory courses in physics taught at Princeton University in the 1940s. Included are Ladenburg's notes on nuclear physics and a bibliography of his works, as well as printed copies of some of them.

No acquisition record exists for this collection, but it apparently was given to the Library soon after Ladenburg's death.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Consists of a bibliography by Rudolf Ladenburg.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Bibliography by R. Ladenburg, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of early notes from Germany, including Analytical Mechanics, Mathemaktik, Physik, and Theoretische Physik.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Physical Description

1 box

Analytical Mechanics: Notes, 1904. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

Prof. Loudon, Notes, 1901. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Lindeman Lecture, 1903. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physik, 1902. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Spectrum: Notes, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Theoretische Physik, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Die kunstliche Umwandlung der Elemente, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of course notes, including modern physics, modern atomic physics, and Schwinger's course at Harvard.

Arrangement

Arranged by course.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Problems: Physics 202, 1943 April 5. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Modern Physics: Course 401, 1943 January. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Course 402, 1942. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Modern Atomic Physics: Notes, 2nd term, 1943 January, Course 402, 1943 January. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Atomic Physics, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Schwinger's Course at Harvard: Unofficial Notes, First Term, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Robertson Course: Notes, 1937 October 4. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Description

1 box

pp. 1-167, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

pp. 168-314, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

pp. 315-463, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of notes on nuclear disintegration, including Gamow's Theory of Nuclear Disintegration and Artificial Disintegration Notes Dispersion Formula Notes.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Contents of Book IV: Artificial Disintegration Notes Dispersion Formula Notes, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Gamow's Theory of Nuclear Disintegration, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Disintegration by Neutrons, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Disintegration, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Artificial Nuclear Disintegration, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Energy, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Fundamental Properties of Nuclei, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of notes and lectures on nuclear physics.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Physical Description

2 boxes

Lectures on Nuclear Physics (Part I), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Radioactivity & Nuclear Physics for senior course on atomic physics, 1942 April 22. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Physics: Book I, 1945 October. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Forces, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Forces, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Dispersion Formula, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Nuclear Physics, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of papers for Cosmic Rays: Program for Lecture and Merck Colloquium.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Physical Description

1 box

Cosmic Rays: Program for Lecture, 1939. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Merck Colloquium, 1943. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of miscellaneous notes, including instructions for the laboratory and Detection and Counting of Alpha, Beta and Other Rays.

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Physical Description

1 box

Instructions for the Laboratory, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Statistics; H.V.S.; M.H., 1936 October-1938 October. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

The Accurate Measurement of Isotopic Masses: paper by Robert Kamm, 1941 April. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Historic Development & Introduction, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Detection & Counting of Alpha, Beta & Other Rays, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Kinetic Theory (mostly of gases), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Transport Phenomena, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Distribution Law & Exp.(?), dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Neutrons, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bethe's Theory of Energy Production, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Material, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Consists of printed works by Rudolf Ladenburg.

Arrangement

Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.

Physical Description

1 box

Printed Matter by R. Ladenburg, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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