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Definition of Crookes
1. Noun. English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919).
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Literary usage of Crookes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"[We asked Sir William Crookes if he wished to see Mr. Frank ... By Sir William
Crookes, FRS In the year 1874 I published in a collected form various papers, ..."
2. Roentgen Rays and Phenomena of the Anode and Cathode: Principles by Edward Pruden Thompson, William Arnold Anthony (1896)
"Crookes, FRS, maintained the evacuated space in communication with the air pump
... Crookes' explanation of the phenomena has not been universally accepted, ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"[But feeling centres seem also to be located in the same regions as the corresponding
motor centres.—Ed.] SIR WILLIAM Crookes SIR WILLIAM Crookes was born ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1896)
"WE have the honour of pointing out to the Academy a field of mechanical force
manifested in the interior of the Crookes radiometer when fixed opposite to a ..."
5. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1866)
"Subsequently, at his suggestion, Mr. Crookes was asked to carry on various
practical trials, ... The tar acids, according to the experiments of Mr. Crookes, ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"In 1859 Crookes founded the Chemical News, to which reference has ... Crookes has
been a fellow of the Royal Society since 1863, and was knighted in 1897. ..."
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