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Dr. A. C. Orehore 



he has apparently found that one of the products of dis- 

 integration of both nitrogen and oxygen is a new atom 

 having a mass of three. 



Since there is no provision in the above plan for any atom 

 with mass 3, it seems to be required that the experimental 

 result of Rutherford be reconciled with the views here 

 expressed. And, accordingly, a close study of this question 

 has been made. When the two hydrogen atoms are knocked 

 off from the nitrogen atom, the whole atom no doubt receives 

 such a shock that some of the electrons are driven away at 

 the same lime. Those most easily dislodged are the ones con- 

 cerned in the process of light radiation, namely one of the pair 

 composing the doublets in contact, that is, with the positive 



Fie:. 3. 



Fiir. 2. 



Fig. 2. — A possible residue when the nitrogen atom is disintegrated. 



Fig. 3. — A possible residue when the oxygen atom is disintegrated. This 

 is the same combination of charges as in fig. 2, and no doubt re- 

 arranges itself into a different form, possibly that of fig. 2. 



charge, as is shown in a subsequent paper on radiation. It 

 seems probable that what is left of the nitrogen atom after 

 the loss of the hydrogen may be the collection of charges 

 shown in fig. 2, consisting of three positive individuals of 

 charge 4 each together with seven binding electrons. There 

 are no doublets in fig. 2 as in the models, the positive charges 

 being attached at the end of the minor axes of single electrons 

 as in the hydrogen ion, which on this view has one electron 

 and one positive charge of two units. The total charge of 



