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The Poisson kernel of the unit disc can be written, with standard notation, in the form \[ P_r (\theta, \varphi)= (1-r^2) \bigl(1-2r \cos (\theta-\varphi)+ r^2 \bigr)^{- 1} =1+2\sum^\infty_{n=1} r^n\cos n (\theta- \varphi) \] and has associated with it the conjugate kernel \(Q_r (\theta, \varphi)= 2\sum^\infty_{n=1} r^n\sin n(\theta-\varphi)\). Although the Poisson kernel of the unit ball \(B\) in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) has a series expansion (involving Legendre and associated Legendre polynomials) corresponding to the above expansion, the conjugate kernel has no obvious analogue in \(B\). The author introduces three new kernels, called allied kernels, for \(B\); the allied kernels are defined by series of the same character as that giving the Poisson kernel for \(B\). If \(f\) is an integrable function on \(\partial B\), then through the allied kernels one obtains a triple of harmonic functions on \(B\) allied to the Poisson integral of \(f\). Several results are proved about the allied harmonic functions. For example, if \(f\in L^2\), then the allied harmonic functions are themselves Poisson integrals of \(L^2\) functions \(f^*\), \(\widetilde f\), \(\widetilde {f}^*\) and the \(L^2\)-norms of these functions are related by inequalities to the \(L^2\)-norm of \(f\). The results of the present paper were announced in an earlier paper of the author's [Proc. A. Razmadze Math. Inst. 114, 107-111 (1997; Zbl 0905.33007)].