THE ELECTRON THEORY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 8

THE ELECTRON THEORY.

p|v ; £ v, '■■• ij' .MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES, v jjgfe;; ;J? ; 'T)Uli' .TO..SOLAS H ;S : -^' !?.' '-■■'ty'-*****? ?*'•*• A"»oci»iion.^-OoDJn'itnt.i'' £;: ; -!? ; -y^%^^^ fXti XX-: Sir'.: Oliver .Lodge, ;Principali of Birmingham ;> i-.V:;tlniyorsity,'.states,.that , the ;. cosmic . electroivivir- viasnetic'disturbance;is due to -solar radio- ■:;''': V : ■." ■ .'.■:■,■. /' '%s■-;■''si. So'ar' eruption produces .'sun "spots" and . ex(i.e.,'unite or "atom's, of i : =u?/'; i ' :■ a ' powerful .eletsteio, current'sufficient'to deflect the' magJj'vi; ■ ynt'tie needle.'.. '.''"■_!' |> K "ELgCTFVQNS;SHOT;pFF;LikE.BULLETS.» OF ATJEOEAB.' ■■■ •'•' t':'.. 1 -^.';•)'..--. ;... ."An.electron:is.nothing more.or less :.*. ■ l;;i T "f'.: : - : tnan'.an'.electrio. chargo in motion--»'.. fsfc -. -V-S--'l u riit.'or. .atom of negative electricity;" '. % 'Jii ' and "a-very' clear statomeht pi v ; ' V'';™t'Jo electron 'theory, electno waves, andithe t: ';,'■'- .discharge,-'.'of ialectrons'.from, the sun to': the f;;,;, earth .(causing aurorae, etc.) are contained in p T '.v - .- .Scientific Ideas : of To-day*' (Charles E. I Gibi;':v:"'*:vl>»°n). : ; We, quoted-.-:... ;/■'.' [■■:,,>;■ wl ■; ■ "put position to-day is this." We 'find &;?.':'■■,■.-, -invisible-electrons: at work", all around us. $6<\ iy ;/ThesSv:tiny; particles iof .negative . electricity iii-;^^:.''-V,:'.» o X™' : ''^™P ns these' are the i; : ...'. C: atenis of, matter.'The atom, is a miniature U'?i ■■ •": ''- sojar., astern ; of- revolving ; ,"electrons;-. 'On the: ~.,....-;-:: o:;ontskirts*"of this..revolving 'system there are |.X:.ii;:. t,Eafelhte <electrpns''.which set-up .waves in the p;,'/;'i" ' surrounding, aether' of 'space; these waves wo call'light; and heat.: ",'. >. ': <k -.•« there;'are-detachable electrons which ;.:S 5 -. ; can pass,from one atom to another. A steady r : -;'g!': ■:<■. .tffi m °tibn ■of .such electrons, along, a wire con-. '• ■■'■''/:■: ; ; continuous electric current -while.'a' fp::0/?: 8n ffi^:; to : a^;fro:'dfCthese: electroM is de- [*■■::.'.' alternating, electric" current, jv:';;; v H'.™yx^d-fro"moQoh'iis rapid enough these lil : - -(electrons, set,up those,.'wireless* waves in the Lf.- : -;vv ; :,-".''fether';lT-''wnMh. we, send-intelligence ,to and' KS.iy:;> : irom',ships-:far::otrt at sea., x ; v < v .• ".•-, h0. ::;": - sudden" expulsiori' ',of. •■ these - : detachable |J' ; " '-:. ..' i . electrons from; one''body.':to ..another'conistitutes N:: W°? i ßl^ t n?,'^S laT St|' are IV.-.;-,.-!.;;;, shot oa like bunetsfrom the ene object to the I:; : i;::V .v Other.:--,; ■'■':'•.'•:'•. ■*'■': ■':,":.' ,/ " -':,:"' : .-.:.■ .-.'■; ■- pMV'O;X of • dectrbns :from: ptY:i -'•.r t ? 8 , s ™ ".i*".'. «rth canßesaurorae, provides ' S>: :|>: noweiifor the formation'of clouds in the upper ;i?'S*'j .■•CTpspheM,- and'- accounts - for atmospheric , «' :•'(;": '■'■:; ff oftnpity with its: ■:'; occasional' ,' disnlays Vof - iv^L^.r.i.lir^tniag. '■;;..:■"..;■ : :;l -:' : - ■■ *~7 , ■ '-"?■'■.-:■:''■ .i'^o.^see;that: owing,;*^.:an' ; aecunrulation of ■:*s •■ ; "Kthesei ; ;,ehKt«ns. the, ..earth has become a . ::V;:;:»?gatiyel3Hjhatged. body. ■'.;.';. •W-l: ■:'>-'.;'.■ W? 6ee;to>vr ,the.steady motion'of. electrons ■"; ffS;>. \ a certafeidiß- \ :cx-):^s:;™ r pance.•»;•:the' surrounding aether; this we '•• m: V'';■■• '■■ Jponoo'^: a ma CTetic field." We."account-for ', of electrons ', due , temperatnro::gradient; .'••"'. - •• "/,, ':-'■■. ~ [ 00^-- : -a£^l^ \sonie;-atoms)£rinK ; :up;bne or more' ; i; \fifr ; "^'"jjap" 1 ? 10 electrons accepted- by ', j.fi; V.- V i-,oper;atoms, , .:prodncinß .'a'distnrbance in their' *[?&<■^balance; .and-, causing: the-Vatoms to J : a'Mct ;one/-another :Vand, ; ;becbme vchemically t ; vs J ? l g i w 'o account for.the pro- , fcx,- : - ; variety?of,'.compound' sub- n f>Yii;-iw : -Btances:known. :: ; -:>■'..?; '■■:■{ \ V-.-fy. ,::,•"•,,■ ■■ i