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ning work on the application of these voltages to nuclear disintegra- 

 tion, and it will not be long before some indications, at an}^ rate, may 

 be obtained as to the significance of the new developments in high- 

 voltage technique. 



Whether or not the apparatus will be successful in opening up 

 new fields of atomic investigation, it has already opened up the 

 possibility for electrical investigations and possible practical appli- 

 cations of electricity in a new voltage range, and it will be surpris- 

 ing indeed if there are not some developments of scientific and 

 practical significance that will eventually emerge from this new field 

 of activitv. 



