Nuclear Fission and the Transuranium Elements

(Columbus, OH): A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1942. Book. Near Fine. Two Ring Binder. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [1], title, [5, a-e], 227 pages. Mimeograph printing on rectos only. Includes 456 bibliographical references. The second printing, apparently reproduced in 100 copies, although no copies located in commerce and only a single copy, the original mss. dissertation at the University of CinCinnati, located at OCLC. Near Fine, corner creases and small tears to stiff cardboard binding, a scribbled drawing verso of final page.Composed with the advice and guidance of Dr. Laurence L. Quill. "A second printing of this book was the idea of Dr. C.L. Rollinson, late of Monsanto Unit 3, Dayton, Ohio and now at the University of Maryland. It was Dr. Rollinson's thought that this book would serve the following purposes: (1) To provide a wealth of practical examples of techniques of radiochemistry (there seems to be no other collection of this sort available). (2) To provide a detailed technical treatment of the work leading to the discovery of nuclear fission. (3) To provide a collection of the published data on nuclear fission from the discovery to the beginning of the work of the Manhattan Project." A RARE and early work on nuclear fission. .