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of the new unit are to be evaluated, then first the 

 electron involved must be identified; that is, its 

 atomic origin (which element), position in the 

 specific atom, and the values proper to it in the atom, 

 must be identified. For, obviously, when a collision, 

 as pictured, takes place, the force of the impact and 

 the path of the new unit (direction relatively to 

 [a] the atom and the ion of which the electrons had 

 been a part; [6] other neighboring atoms, or ions), 

 are determined primarily by the factors of the 

 specific positions and values of the colliding units. 



As for the new unit itself, (1) it will, of course, have 

 the definite value of 2e. (2) Its radius, because of 

 the excessively close union formed, would be only 

 little greater than that of the negative electron. 

 (3) It would be neutral — positive charge satisfying 

 negative charge. (4) While there may be a bare 

 possibility that the negative electron could revolve 

 about the positive electron following an impact 

 and union, as described, it is highly probable that 

 the two units come into such near approach to each other 

 and form so close a union that there is no revolution of the 

 one about the other, but that the two rotating together 

 execute a spinning motion. (5) It would have peculiar 

 magnetic properties, of X unit value. (Bohr's 

 magneton? Hardly.) 



It appeared that the new unit necessarily has an 



