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Show CilcntiHc Th:crl:s Aro Revc!t!csiic3. ' Many scientific discoveries have, at the inception of their - development, given greater promise than they have ever fulfilled. ... . , J"ot so with 'the latest; radium. Indeed it seems possible, almost probable, that the finding of. this new form of matter is about to open an age of wonders, won-ders, such as the world has never before seen. ;r Men' who received their training in physics a gen-,'eration gen-,'eration ago have been compelled to completely revolutionize revo-lutionize all their theories, ' - .. ' ; "The idea -of the nnchangeableness of the atom is . gone, it is now held that what was supposed to be tie ultimate particle of matters, is subject to the great law of change, that atoms arejso to speak, constantly dying, in the breaking up process of which the action of radium afforded the first demonstration. demon-stration. - V This gives a new source of energy, the possibil-ities possibil-ities of which' are likely to stagger even the most active scientifio imagination. : . ' - Once our knowledge reaches a stage where ra-ctium ra-ctium can be easily and cheaply made from simple elements, and thus brought within the range of practical everyday use, a new wonderland will be opened up surpassing that revealed by the age of electricity. . , . |