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THE AMERICAN MONTHLY 



[October, 



others {^, i) were floating separately. 



That marked / slowly approached 



d, e, and d stretched away from e as 



if attracted by /. In a similar way a 



began to leave ^ as if drawn toward 

 ^, and c to move toward d, e. At'the 

 end of the first hour the situation was 

 as shown in Fig. 35. In another half 



I 



/ ^ 



X 



Fig. 35. 



hour conjugation had taken place be- 

 tween a and h, and between d and / ; 



f, g remained nearly as at first, and c 

 and e were separate. Fig. 36 shows the 



1/ 



^-^ 



'-^^- 

 ^1-\- 



general position at this time. An 

 hour later, e drifting toward/,^, that 

 pair separated, / approaching e. So, 



Fig. 37. 



c approaching d, i, they also separat- 

 ed, as did //, a. The whole nine were 

 now single again, and the lateness of 



Fig. 39. 







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yi 



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Fig. 40. 



Fig. 41. 



Fig. 42. 



