"His operation of revolving the ring 2,000 times per minute and noting the variations in its harmonic state, would seem to indicate that he intended it as the constituent of the internal volume of his disintegratory sphere, or if not, that he used it in a sphere-interrupter. It is elsewhere mentioned that this device "held the focal chord intact" which would go to show that its mechanical action was the continuation through the mechanical energy imparted to it, of preserving the harmony or chord of mass in the sphere of which it was mechanically a part." [RESONATING RINGS, Snell Manuscript]