Excerpt from Recent Physical Research: An Account of Some Recent Contributions to Experimental PhysicsIt will be seen that these results strikingly resemble those now familiar in the case of the cathode rays. The rapidly moving particles constituting the canal rays appear to be independent of the nature of the gas in the discharge tube. Sir J. J. Thomson was thus led to propose the view that we have here proof of the existence of a definite unit of positive electricity, which can, like the corpuscle, be detached from the molecule.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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