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 PEEFACE TO THE FOUETH EDITION

SINCE 1905, progress has been made in our know- ledge of niton or " radium emanation " ; and some light has been thrown on the possible sources of the rare gases of the atmosphere. This has been incorporated at the end of the last chapter. WILLIAM EAMSAY. August 1915.

PEEFACE TO THE THIED EDITION

THE radioactive gases, products of the disintegra- tion of the remarkable elements radium and radio- thorium, have been recently added to the list of the constituents of the atmosphere. An attempt has been made in an additional chapter to give an account of these ; but the reader who is interested in the subject is advised to consult the much