CHAPTER III

THE NEW ARRIVAL

The Electron points out who the new arrival is really. It relates

an amusing experience. It tells how man disturbed electrons

before he discovered their existence. An ancient experiment,

and what the wise men of the East thought about it. How

electrons are responsible for the electrification of any

object. Handled by a new experimenter, they surprise man. Man

becomes of special interest to the electrons 32

The Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion · 第 3 / 21 章