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its electric envelope, and originating waves propagated outward 
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ion is now seen to consist in the gravitating tendency of the 
electric envelope toward the central atom; resulting from the 
partial interception of the cosmical force by this atom. This 
action also originates waves in the luminifereous ether posited 
between the central atom and its electric envelope, that are propa- 
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propagation; but, by passing around the ethereal atmos- 
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ular repulsion originates in the direct repulsion subsisting 
between the diverse atoms of the electric envelope. This force 
originates waves that proceed outward through the electric ether 
from different depths in the envelope. These waves must increase 
in their intensity at the outset from the lowest depth upward, 
to a certain height in the envelope, by reason of the increase in 
the quantity of ether that is effectively repellant. On the other 
the attractive waves, that issue from various points of the 
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