original position but they ought to have remained disconnected from each other because of their electrical repulsion. the scientists were stunned to find that the plates began to discharge for no discernible reason regardless of how the experiment was carried out in the end they always returned to their original position. in a. very big you know for our brand of their last stand the nineteenth century twenty century scientists realize that nature. has. some of these elements release charged particles that could explain the repetitious charge of the plates perhaps some stuff in the atmosphere and if warranted was meeting predicted to be just. actually charge