ABSTRACT
If the discoveries and views of Rutherford are placed parallel with the views given by Lewis-Langmuir it is seen that there is close correspondence between them. Langmuir's nitrogen atom, however, does not quite agree with Rutherford's, if in the former's theory the kernel of nitrogen should be the helium atom; whereas, according to the latter's theory based upon direct experiment, the central part should consist of two hydrogen units. There is, nevertheless, agreement as regards the positive charges of the kernel or central part. It should be realised that certain fundamental facts are in the process of co-ordination, and just what the final adjustments is, to make the mechanism a complete working model cannot be foretold with certainty. This remark applies generally to the atomic theories recorded and discussed throughout this chapter. The rotation of the electrons, perhaps in pairs, may supply the necessary force to bring about the complete system of internuclear linkages.
