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waves would have a niaguetic origin, but tlie waves themselves would 

 not necessarily give rise to electro-magnetic effects directly. Indi- 

 rectly they would, for if they could make another similar magnet 

 vibrate sympatlietically, these vibrations would react upon its mag- 

 netic properties. 



Such a ring form as I have shown suggests at once the Vortex 

 Ring theory of atoms, of the properties of which I have so often spoken 

 to the Academy. Perhaps the experiments should have a different 

 interpretation from that suggested here, but whatever their interpre- 

 tation may be, they are believed to be entirely new, and therefore of 

 interest, if not important. 



