in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected. Crookes also invented...

A Crookes tube (also Crookes–Hittorf tube) is an early experimental electrical discharge tube, with partial vacuum, invented by English physicist William...

engine run by light energy. It was invented in 1873 by the chemist Sir William Crookes as the by-product of some chemical research. In the course of very...

The Mentalist Who Baffled Sir William Crookes. Skeptical Inquirer 24: 36-38. William Hodson Brock. (2008). William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization...

William Crook may refer to: William H. Crook (1839–1915), one of Abraham Lincoln's presidential bodyguards and longtime White House employee William Crook...

(1832–1907), American Civil War veteran for the Union William Crookes, English chemist and physicist William Crook (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...

To this end, they turned to Crookes, who was a prominent and respected scientist. Between 1871 and 1874, Sir William Crookes investigated the preternatural...

shoot" or "twig", was named by Crookes. It was isolated by both Lamy and Crookes in 1862; Lamy by electrolysis, and Crookes by precipitation and melting...

The William Crooks is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the first locomotive to operate in the State of Minnesota, beginning in 1861. It was named after...

experiments in London at the house of William Crookes in February 1875, the medium Anna Eva Fay managed to fool Crookes into believing she had genuine psychic...

mid-1870s. Her abilities were endorsed by Sir William Crookes but many observers were skeptical of Crookes's investigations, both at the time and subsequently...

and believed that contact with the dead is a reality include chemist William Crookes, evolutionary biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, inventor of radio Guglielmo...

British physicist William Crookes and others were able to evacuate tubes to a lower pressure, below 10−6 atm. These were called Crookes tubes. Faraday had...

William Henry Crook (October 15, 1839 – March 13, 1915) was one of President Abraham Lincoln's bodyguards in 1865. After Lincoln's assassination (while...

William Herbert Crook (April 18, 1925 – October 29, 1997) was an American preacher turned politician, national director of the Volunteers in Service to...

at the house of William Crookes in February 1875, Fay managed to fool Crookes into believing she had genuine psychic powers. Crookes had Fay hold two...

was examined by William Crookes, the prominent physicist, between 1871 and 1874, who concluded the raps were genuine. However, Crookes was described as...

29 and May 21, 1874 Florence Cook in her own Home held séances with William Crookes. It was alleged that a spirit called "Katie King" materialized, however...

picture display device) Fluorescent lamps Plasma globes William Crookes Cathode ray tube Crookes tube Induction coil Neon sign Plasma globe X-ray tube German...

Supernatural", Harrap Ltd., London, ISBN 0-245-52784-2, p. 144 William Hodson Brock (2008). William Crookes (1832–1919) and the commercialization of science. Science...

from experimenting with Crookes tubes, an early experimental electrical discharge tube invented by English physicist William Crookes around 1869–1875. In...

Florence Cook had given details of her affair with Crookes, her trips to Paris, and the assistance that Crookes had provided in order to fake the spirit Katie...

is a mixture of gadolinium and terbium. In 1898, English chemist William Crookes reported his discovery of it in his inaugural address as president...

accepted the possibility that negatively charged particles are produced in Crookes tubes,[citation needed] they believed that they are a mere by-product and...

to influence matter. This view was held by Camille Flammarion and William Crookes, however a later psychical researcher Hereward Carrington pointed out...

described Evans hypothesis as "certainly ingenious" but pointed out William Crookes, an experienced chemist, was present at a séance whilst Home performed...

of the tube for viewing the screen. Crookes named his device from Ancient Greek: σπινθήρ (spinthḗr) "spark". Crookes debuted the spinthariscope at a meeting...

Lodge, Pierre Curie, Pierre Janet, Théodore Flournoy, William Crookes, William James, and William McDougall. The World Psychiatric Association, American...

electrons. During the 1870s, the English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes developed the first cathode-ray tube to have a high vacuum inside....

William Crooks (6 April 1852 – 5 June 1921) was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly...