Collected Scientific Papers of Sir William Bate Hardy (Paperback)

1. On some points in the histology and development of myriothela phrygia; 2. On the reaction of certain cell-granules with methylene blue; 3. The blood corpuscles of the crustacea, together with a suggestion as to the origin of the crustacean fibrin-ferment; 4. The protective functions of the skin of certain animals; 5. On the structure and functions of the alimentary canal of daphnia; 6. On the characters and behaviour of the wandering (migrating) cells of the frog, especially in relation to micro-organisms; 7. On the changes in the number and character of the wandering cells of the frog induced by the presence of urari or of bacillus anthracis; 8. The morphology and distribution of the wandering cells of mammalia; 9. On some histological features and physiological properties of the post-oesophageal nerve cord of the crustacea; 10. On the characters and behaviour of the wandering (migrating) cells of the frog, especially in relation to micro-organisms; 11. Note on the oxidising powers of different regions of the spectrum in relation to the bactericidal action of light and air; 12. The wandering cells of the alimentary canal; 13. Further observations upon the action of the oxyphil and hyaline cells of frog's lymph upon bacilli; 14. On the structure of cell protoplasm; 15. On the coagulation of proteid by electricity; 16. A preliminary investigation of the conditions which determine the stability of irreversible hydrosols; 17. On the mechanism of gelation in reversible colloidal systems; 18. The action of salts of radium upon globulins; 19. On the sensation of light produced by radium rays and its relation to visual purple; 20. On the oxidising action of the rays from radium bromide as shown by the decomposition of iodoform; 21. Colloidal solution. The globulins; 22. Colloidal solution. The globulin system; 23. On globulins. Croonian lecture; 24. The physical basis of life; 25. Electrolytes and colloids - the physical state of gluten; 26. Electrolytic colloids; 27. Proteins of blood plasma; 28. Note on the surface electric charges of living cells; 29. The general theory of colloidal solutions; 30. The tension of composite fluid surfaces and the mechanical stability of films of fluid; 31. On the formation of a heat-reversible gel; 32. The influence of chemical constitution upon interfacial tension; 33. The tension of composite fluid surfaces. II; 34. Note on differences in electrical potential within the living cell; 35. An application of the principle of dynamical similitude to molecular physics; 36. Some problems of living matter. The Guthrie lecture; 37. Note on static friction and on the lubricating properties of certain chemical substances; 38. The spreading of fluids on glass; 39. Static friction. II; 40. Problems of lubrication; 41. Boundary lubrication. The paraffin series; 42. Boundary lubrication. The temperature coefficient; 43. Boundary lubrication. The latent period and mixtures of two lubricants; 44. Boundary lubrication. Plane surfaces and the limitations of Amontons' law; 45. On the spreading of fluids on water and solids: and the thickness of a primary film; 46. Chemistry at interfaces; 47. Films; 48. Living matter; 49. A microscopic study of the freezing of gel; 50. Studies in adhesion. I; 51. Studies in adhesion. II; 52. Molecular orientation in living matter; 53. Freie und gebudene Flussigkeit in Gelen; 54. Statische Reibung und Adsoption; 55. Note on the central nervous system of the crayfish; 56. Problems of the boundary state; 57. Adsorption. A study of availability and accessibility; 58. The freezing point of yolk and white of egg; 59. To remind: a biological essay. The Abraham Flexner lecture; Index.