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THE experiments of Anderson1 and of Blackett and Occhialini2 on the effects produced in an expansion chamber by the penetrating radiation strongly suggest the existence of positive electrons—particles of about the same mass as an electron but carrying a positive charge.
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Anderson, Science, 76, 238; 1932.
Blackett and Occhialini, Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 139, 699; 1933.
Curie and Joliot . "L'Existence du Neutron". Hermann et Cie, Paris.
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CHADWICK, J., BLACKETT, P. & OCCHIALINI, G. New Evidence for the Positive Electron. Nature 131, 473 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131473b0
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