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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...time?if you could?and you would successively change an elementary substance from one element to another. In the case of the more complex elements?of the radium type, for example?there is a natural tendency to break down into simpler elements, which is accompanied by an efflux of energy and is, in general, accompanied by a decrease in specific gravity. Already some 14 elements have been observed and sometimes aided in decomposing into the simpler elements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eightieth Electron | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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