Conduction of Electricity Through Gases, Paperback by Thomson, J. J.; Thomson, G. P., ISBN 110741427X, ISBN-13 9781107414273, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This 1933 volume is one of two books making up the third edition of a 1903 original by British physicist Sir Joseph John Thomson. The text was greatly enlarged for this edition, which resulted in its division into two parts, and incorporates numerous advances in research relating to the discharge of electricity through gases.