...Electronic Conception of Valence. Sir William Ramsay has put forward the following hypothesis 1 : — "Electrons are atoms of the chemical element, electricity;...they form compounds with other elements ; they are knowp in the free state, that is as molecules ; they serve as the bonds of union between atom and atom."...

...Chemistry (1911). t See Campbell, Modern Electrical Theory (1913), p. 341. connection. Ramsay says : " Electrons are atoms of the chemical element, electricity;...as the ' bonds of union ' between atom and atom." Furthermore, in ionised substances, such as sodium chloride dissolved in water, the sodium parts with...

...exactly new, admits of definite Statement, and affords a mental picture of what may conceivably take place. It is not a "theory"; I do not hope that it...elements; they are known in the free state, that is, äs molecules, they serve äs the "bonds of union" between atom and atom. The electron may be assigned...

...scientists. William Kamsay, the eminent British chemist and Nobel laureate of 1904, argued in 1908 that "Electrons are atoms of the chemical element, electricity;...are known in the free state, that is, as molecules; . . . the electron may be assigned the symbol 'E'."73 And the following year: "Recent researches make...