Through measurement to knowledge: the selected papers of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 1853-1926

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Selected Papers of H. Kamerlingh Onnes.- A. General.- 1. the cryogenic laboratory at Leiden and on the production of very low temperatures.- 2. importance of accurate measurements at very low temperatures.- 3. Further experiments with liquid helium. P. On the lowest temperature yet obtained.- B. Thermodynamic (Equation of State).- 4. Theorie generale de l'etat fluide.- 5. on the liquefaction of hydrogen, on thermodynami-cal similarity and on the use of vacuum vessels.- 6. Expression of the equation of state of gases and liquids by means of series.- 7. liquefaction of helium.- 8. Further experiments with liquid helium. E. A cryostat. Remarks on the preceding communications.- 9. Further experiments with liquid helium. U. (Isotherms of monatomic substances and their binary mixtures. XXIV). Isotherms of at 4.2 DegreesK and lower co-authored with J.D.A. Boks.- C. Properties of Liquid Helium.- 10. Further experiments with liquid helium. A. Isotherms of monatomic gases etc. VIII. Thermal properties of helium.- 11. Further experiments with liquid helium. V. The variation of density of liquid below the boiling point co-authored with J.D.A. Boks.- 12. Further experiments with liquid helium. BB. Preliminary determinations of the specific heat of liquid helium co-authored with L.I. Dana.- D. Electrical Researches.- 13. phosphorescence at very low co-authored with Henri and Jean Becquerel.- 14. Further experiments with liquid helium. B. On the change in the resistance of pure metals at very low temperatures, etc. III. The resistance of platinum at very low temperatures.- 15. Further experiments with liquid helium. C. On the change of electric resistance of pure metals at very low temperatures etc. IV. The resistance of pure mercury at temperatures.- 16. Further experiments with liquid helium. D. On the change of electrical resistance of pure metals at very low temperatures etc. V. The disappearance of the resistance of mercury.- 17. Further experiments with liquid helium. G. On the electrical resistance of pure metals, etc. VI. On the sudden change in the rate at which the resistance of mercury disappears.- 18. Further experiments with liquid helium. H. On the electrical resistance of pure metals, etc. VII. The potential difference necessary for the electrical current through mercury below 4.19 DegreesK.- 19. Further experiments with liquid helium. H. On the electrical resistance etc. (continued). VIII. The sudden disappearance of the ordinary resistance of tin, and the superconductive state of lead.- 20. Further experiments with liquid helium. I. The Hall-effect, and the magnetic change in resistance in supra conductors which are brought into a magnetic field, at low temperatures. IX. The appearance of galvanic resistance at a threshold value of the field.- 21. Further experiments with liquid helium. J. The imitation of an Ampere molecular current or of a permanent magnet by means of a supra-conductor.- 22. Further experiments with liquid helium. L. The persistence f current without electromotive force in supraconducting circuits. (Continuation of J).- 23. Further experiments with liquid helium. AA. The disturbance of supra-conductivity by magnetic fields and currents. The hypothesis of Silsbee co-authored with W. Tuyn.- E. Researches.- 24. Researches on magnetization at very low co-authored with Pierre Weiss.- 25. Researches on the magnetization of liquid and solid co-authored with Albert Perrier.- 26. Reseaches on magnetism. III. On para - and dia-magnetism at very low co-authored with Albeit Perrier.- 27. Magnetic investigations. XIII. The susceptibility of liquid mixtures of oxygen and nitrogen, and the influence of the mutual distance of the molecules upon paramagnetism co-authored with Albert Perrier.- Editors' Notes.- Notes for A1.- Notes for A2.- Notes for A3.- Notes for B4.- Notes for B5.- Notes for B6.- Notes for B7.- Notes for B8.- Notes for B9.- Notes for C10.- Notes for C11.- Notes for C12.- Notes for D13.- Notes for D14.- Notes for D15.- Notes for D16.- Notes for D17.- Notes for D18.- Notes for D19.- Notes for D20.- Notes for D21.- Notes for D22.- Notes for D23.- Notes for E24.- Notes for E25.- Notes for E26.- Notes for E27.- Published Works of H. Kamerlingh Onnes.- Name Index.