Shamos M.H. (ed.) Great Experiments in Physics: Firsthand Accounts from Galileo to Einstein

2nd Edition. — Dover Publications, 1987. — 384 p. — ISBN13: 978-0486253466.From Galileo's famous experiments in accelerated motion to Einstein's revolutionary theory of relativity, the experiments recorded here trace the evolution of modern physics from its beginnings to the mid-twentieth century. Brought together for the first time in one volume are important source readings on 25 epochal discoveries that changed man's understanding of the physical world.
The accounts, written by the physicists who made them, include:
Isaac Newton: The Laws of Motion
Henry Cavendish: The Law of Gravitation
Augustin Fresnel: The Diffraction of Light
Hans Christian Oersted: Elecromagnetism
Heinrich Hertz: Electromagnetic
James Chadwick: The Neutron
Niels Bohr: The Hydrogen Atom,
and 17 more.Accelerated Motion
Boyle's Law: Pressure-volume Relations in a Gas
The Laws of Motion
The Laws of Electric and Magnetic Force
The Law of Gravitation
The Interference of Light
The Diffraction of Light
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic Induction and Laws of Electrolysis
Lenza’s Law
The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Electromagnetic Waves
X-Rays
Natural Radioactivity
The Electron
The Photoelectric Effect
The Elementary Electric Charge
Induced Transmutation
The Neutron
Appendixes
The Electromagnetic Field
The Quantum Hypothesis
The Theory of Relativity
The Hydrogen Atom
The Compton Effect