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1901 — Damping of the oscillations in the discharge of a Leyden jar / Harriet Brooks.Abstract
The method employed in the investigation of this suject depends on the partial demagnetisation of a magnetized steel needle when placed inside a solenoid thro' which a Leyden jar discharge is passed. [...] Read more
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1901 — The thermal conductivity of metals / G.R. Duncan.Abstract
In 1899, a series of experiments was begun, in the McDonald Physics Building of McGill University, the object of which wss to determine in absolute units, the "Thermal Conductivity of Copper" by means of an electrical method, the theory of which had been suggested by Prof. H.L.Callendar, M.A., F.R.S. [...] Read more
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1901 — A preliminary account of an experimental investigation of the variation of the rate of recombination of gaseous ions with pressure / [R.K. McClung]Abstract
It has been shown that the law of recombination as laid down in equation above is experimentally true for air at atmospheric pressure. [...] Read more
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1901 — Certain Gabbros and Nepheline Syenites of the Townships of Monmouth and Glamorgan, Ontario / W.V. Newson.Abstract
"The Laurentian system, which forms the basement on which all the newer sedimentary strats of the earth's crust have been laid down, is exposed in many widely separated parts of the world: as for instance in Africa, South America, India and Scandinavia; but the greatest exposure of this system is found in Canada. In fact it received the name Laurentian from Sir William Logan, owing to the fact, that for some four hundred miles, it is continuously exposed along the north shore of the Gulf of St. L awrence, forming the so-called Laurentide mountains. ... Read more