On the sensation of light produced by radium rays and its relation to the visual purple
- 31 January 1904
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- Vol. 72 (477-486) , 393-398
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1903.0067
Abstract
It is now well known that when a few milligrammes of a salt of radium are brought near the head in the dark a sensation of diffuse light is produced. We have examined this phenomenon with the object (1) of determining the place of origin of the sensation; (2) of identifying the particular rays which cause it. The rays from radium falling upon the skin produce no sensation, and we failed in evoking sensations of sound, smell, or taste by their agency. The only response immediately traceable to them seems to be this one of diffuse luminosity.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: