Vortex theory
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The theory, advanced by Thomson (Lord Kelvin) on the basis ofinvestigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically movingring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similarinternal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionlessfluid. Various properties of such atoms (vortex atoms) can bemathematically deduced.
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