 If we accept the hypothesis that the elementary substances are composed of atoms we cannot avoid concluding that electricity also, positive as well as negative, is divided into definite elementary portions, which behave like atoms of electricity.  Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society - Page 77by Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (Chapel Hill, N.C.) - 1924Full view - About this book
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