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posted on 9:44 AM, July 8, 2010
1. In the dusty lab’ratory
‘Mid the coils and wax and twine
There the atoms in their glory
Ionize and recombine.
Chorus: Oh my darlings! Oh my darlings!
Oh my darling ions mind!
You are lost and gone forever
When just once you recombine!
2. In a tube quite electrodeless
They discharge around a line,
And the glow they leave behind them
Is quite corking for a time.
3. And with quite a small expansion,
1.8 or 1.9,
You can get a cloud delightful,
Which explains both snow and rain.
4. In the weird magnetic circuit
See how lovingly they twine,
As each ion describes a spiral
Round its own magnetic line.
5. Ultraviolet radiation
>From the arc of glowing lime
Soon discharges a conductor
If it’s charged with minus sign.
6. Alpha rays from radium bromide
Cause a zinc-blende screen to shine.
Set it glowing, clearly showing
Scintillations all the time.
7. Radium bromide emanation
Rutherford did first devine,
Turns to helium, then Sir William
Got the spectrum — every line.
‘Mid the coils and wax and twine
There the atoms in their glory
Ionize and recombine.
Chorus: Oh my darlings! Oh my darlings!
Oh my darling ions mind!
You are lost and gone forever
When just once you recombine!
2. In a tube quite electrodeless
They discharge around a line,
And the glow they leave behind them
Is quite corking for a time.
3. And with quite a small expansion,
1.8 or 1.9,
You can get a cloud delightful,
Which explains both snow and rain.
4. In the weird magnetic circuit
See how lovingly they twine,
As each ion describes a spiral
Round its own magnetic line.
5. Ultraviolet radiation
>From the arc of glowing lime
Soon discharges a conductor
If it’s charged with minus sign.
6. Alpha rays from radium bromide
Cause a zinc-blende screen to shine.
Set it glowing, clearly showing
Scintillations all the time.
7. Radium bromide emanation
Rutherford did first devine,
Turns to helium, then Sir William
Got the spectrum — every line.
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