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JOHNSON, Raynor Carey

Born Leeds, England, 5 April 1901; died Ferny Creek, Victoria, 16 May 1987. Education, Balliol College Oxford (BORNA. 1922) and University of London (B.Sc. 1922, Ph.D. 1924). Lecturer in physics, Queen's University Belfast 1923-26; King's College London 1927-34. Master, Queen's College, University of Melbourne, 1934-64. D.Sc., University of Melbourne, 1936.
  1. (With T.R. Merton) On spectra associated with carbon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 103 (1923), 383-395.
  2. (With T.R. Merton) Note on the illumination of the spectroscope with end-on vacuum tubes. Philosophical Magazine, S.6, 46 (1923), 448-449.
  3. Ultra-violet emission bands associated with oxygen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 105 (1924), 683-691.
  4. (With W.H.B. Cameron) The effect of argon on certain spectra. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 106 (1924), 195-215.
  5. An effect of argon on the first positive band spectrum of nitrogen. Philosophical Magazine, S.6, 48 (1924), 1069-1074.
  6. Fürther spectra associated with carbon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 108 (1925), 343-355.
  7. The band spectra associated with carbon. Nature, 116 (1925), 539-540.
  8. (With M.R. Johnson) Intensity variations in the spectrum of neon. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 2 (1926), 593-611.
  9. (With H.G. Jenkins) Note on some observations of the nitrogen afterglow spectra. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 2 (1926), 621-632.
  10. The structure and origin of the Swan band spectrum of carbon. Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions., A, 226 (1927), 157-231.
  11. Note on the origin of certain radiations in cometary spectra. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 87 (1927), 625-628.
  12. (With H.G. Jenkins) The band spectra of silicon fluoride. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 116 (1927), 327-351.
  13. The band spectra of the alkaline earth halides. I. CaF, SrF. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 122 (1929), 161-188.
  14. The band spectra of the alkaline earth halides. II. BaF, MgF. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 122 (1929), 189-200.
  15. (With R.K. Asundi) A new band system of carbon monoxide (3*1S->2*1), with remarks on the Ångström band system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 123 (1929), 560-574.
  16. (With R.K. Asundi) The structure of the high pressure carbon bands and the Swan system. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 124 (1929), 668-688.
  17. (With L.W. Johnson) The band spectrum of yttrium oxide (YO). With a note on the ScO and LaO systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 133 (1931), 207-219.
  18. (With N.R. Tawde) A search for the band spectra of boron fluoride. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 13 (1932), 501-504.
  19. (With N.R. Tawde) Intensity distributions in molecular spectra: The Swan system (C**2). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 137 (1932), 575-591.
  20. (With E.G. Dunstan) Intensity distribution in the spectrum of beryllium oxide. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 16 (1933), 472-478.
  21. (With R.C. Turner) Some intensity measurements on the band spectrum of helium (He**2). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A, 142 (1933), 574-587.
  22. Spectra. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. vii + 104p. (2nd ed. 1932, 3rd ed. 1941).
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