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THE GENESIS OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS. 
By James Moir, D.Sc, M.A., F.E.S.S.Af. 
(Bead July 21, 1909.) 
The author has discovered a new and remarkable relationship between 
the atomic weights, whereby the accepted values can be calculated with 
remarkable accuracy. The assumptions required are : (1) a proton (H) 
consisting of \\~ of the atom of hydrogen, (2) another {fi) consisting of 
of the atom of hydrogen, and (3) another (w) consisting of of the 
hydrogen atom ; also that valency depends on the number of times the 
proton fjL occurs in the element in question. 
All the elements are multiples of H plus the required and regularly 
varying number of the proton fi ; but some contain, in addition, an erratic 
number of the protoji w. The following Table gives the results ; and the 
last column gives the experimental atomic weights reduced to the same 
basis. 
Symbol, 
Natural Formula. 
Formula 
in Figures 
(H = l) 
Experimental 
Atomic Weight 
(0 = 16-018) 
H 
H 
+ 
1-00901 
1-0090 
He 
4H 
4-00 
4-004 
Li 
7H 
+ 
7-009 
7-008 
Gl 
9H 
+ 
2^ + w 
9-118 
9-120 
B 
IIH 
+ 
3ju 
11-027 
11-012 
C 
12H 
+ 
4^ 
12-036 
12-034 
N 
14H 
+ 
3^ 
14-027 
14-023 
0 
16H 
+ 
16-018 
16-018 
F 
19H 
+ 
19-009 
19021 
Ne 
20H 
20-00 
20-02 
Na 
23H 
+ 
23-009 
23-025 
Mg 
24II 
+ 
2/x + 3w 
24-318 
24-347 
Al 
27H 
+ 
3^ + ii) 
27-127 
27-130 
Si 
28H 
+ 
iifl + 3(iL) 
28-336 
28-332 
P 
31H 
+ 
3ju 
31-027 
31-034 
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