BibIiography of 150 Papers on the Raman Effect
D~parlinaen t of Physics, College of Science, Nagpur.
(Received f OT p~b7ication, 1st Auguttt 1929)
In
an address delivered by him t o the South Indian
8cience Aesuciation, Bangalore, oa the 16th March 1928, Sir
C. V.
Raman announced the disoovery that
if a transparent
eubstance is illuminated by
a very intense beam of light,
matricked to
a small part of the spectrum, new rays different
in wave-length from the incident rays are rnsnufsctnwd by
the molecuIes of the medium and appear in the ~cattered light.
Aa waa repeatedly emphaaiaed by him in the addrem, them
new raya form a universal phenomenon which
ie
observable in
a great variety of chemioal individuals, and in the widest
range of physical condition of the substance, be it g a ~ ~ vapour,
liquid, arystal OF amoxphoue aolid. Be hag been remarked by
a Briti~h physicist, the universal nature of the Raman affect
makes it a discovery of the firat importanm. Ita study must
lead to further insight into the oonnectiona between waves
and quanta, X-rays and ordinary light, the epeotra of atoms
and moleoulee, and the strnotuw of matter." To
quota the
aame miter again, ''
the newrayearn different for different
subatsnaes thue providing a new badge for amery variety of
material. A
new kind of '
finger-prinb '
for every different
eort of matter ia
obviously of immense importance."