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THIS book claims to be a trustworthy text-book for the student of physics, but we cannot recommend it in this respect. Very few of the statements of fact which it contains are correctly made; and the deductions from them are supported by little consistent proof. At least, these are the conclusions to which we have come after a genuine endeavour to understand the meaning of the book. At the present time, when there has been such a rush of new facts, there is abundance of room for a book of a speculative character. The author must not think, therefore, that we speak unfavourably of his work because of its novelty. The true explanation of physical phenomena will sound exceedingly novel, we have no doubt, when it is first put forward. It may be that in the author's mind there is a germ of an idea which deserves developing. But if he wishes this to be recognised it would be well if he were to get some friend to assist him in the process.
The Polarity of Matter.
By Alex. Clark. Pp. vii + 134; illustrated. (London and Edinburgh: Gall and Inglis, n.d.) Price 3s. 6d. net.
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The Polarity of Matter . Nature 77, 219–220 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077219b0
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