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In (c), fig. 14, is shown the interesting curve for a given piece of Ag. 

 The effect is very much feebler, and curiously enough it gave an oppo- 

 site response, the vibrated wire becoming cuproid. It was said that 

 silver occupied a peculiar position as regards response to electric radia- 



<a> <by (o 



Fig. 15. 



A. Effect of stimulus of short duration. 



(a) Effect of electric radiation on Ag' (conductivity variation). 



(b) „ light on HgBr (E.M. variation), 



(c) „ mechanical vibration on Tin (E.M. variation). 



B. Effect of continued action of stimulus. 



(rf) Effect of continued action of electric radiation on Ag' (conductivity 



variation). 



(e) „ „ mechanical vibration on Tin (E.M. 



variation). 



(/) „ „ „ light on AgBr (E.M. variation). 



(ff) „ „ mechanical vibration on Nickel (E.M. 



variation). 



tion, sometimes responding in one, and again in an opposite manner, 

 probably owing to its readiness to pass from one molecular condition to 

 another, under slightly different external conditions. With mechanical 

 vibration, too, I find silver exhibiting opposite electric variation, the 

 acted wire becoming on different occasions either Z or C. 



8. Reversal Effects. 



Reversed Effect due to Sub-normal Stimulus. — Just like the negative effect 

 (i.e., opposite to the normal) often exhibited under electric radiation 



