A MAGNETON THEORY OF THE STRUCTURE OF 



THE ATOM 

 By A. L. PARSON 

 (With Two Plates) 



CONTENTS 

 Part I. Introductory. page 



§i. General remarks 2 



2. Considerations of magnetism 5 



3. Stereochemical evidence 11 



4. The scope of electrostatic theories of valence 13 



Part II. The Structure of the Atom. 



§5. Forces between magnetons 15 



6. The group of eight 17 



7. The constitutions of the atoms 19 



8. The number of magnetons in the atom 25 



Part III. Valence. 



§ 9. Two kinds of combining action and three kinds of bonds 28 



10. Molecules containing the " negative " bond 34 



11. Residual forces, magnetic and electric 35 



12. Unsaturation in inorganic compounds 38 



13. The transition series of elements 42 



Part IV. Volume. 



§14. The volume of the positive sphere 45 



15. Atomic volumes in the liquid and solid states 48 



16. Summary of assumptions, etc 55 



Note on Dr. Webster's work 57 



Part V. Magnetism. 



§17. The radius and moment of the magneton 57 



18. The possibility of detecting the magneton directly : the heat of 



dissociation of hydrogen 60 



19. The magnetic properties of matter 62 



20. The magnetic properties of the elements 66 



21. The magnetic properties of compounds 71 



22. The dependence of magnetism upon temperature and physical 



state 74 



23. Weiss' magneton ; and quantitative relations : r . 76 



Note on experiments suggested by this theory 80 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 65, No. 11 



