ON THE STRUCTURE OF ATOMS. 



lightest of all- the atoms, it would naturally be the most abun- 

 dantly formed or preserved, as we see is the case at present in 

 the solar workshop. 



APPENDIX. 



The proof of the correctness of the following figures is the 

 multiplication of atomic weights into .069, the specific gravity 

 of hydrogen, making the calculated specific gravity of each 

 substance, and the comparison of this with the gases as actually 

 weighed. The divisions of the atoms in the examples given are 

 as follows : 



Hydrogen , -J. Chlorine J-, , J. 



Nitrogen J-, -J, J. Phosphorus J, . 



Oxygen J-. Sulphur -J-. 



Carbon J, -J-. Iodine J. 



For an atom to be divided into both thirds and quarters, it 

 must also be divisible into twelfths, the least common divisor of 

 those fractions. 



(See table on opposite page.) 



