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1 887 .
WM . A . M IN ER .
TO T HE RE A DE R .
HE bo o k that is herewith placed in y o u r h a n d s was
n o t ma d e bu t grew
.It has come in to its place as
an un expected visitan t t o author as well as to reader a n d
,
.
,
th ou ght sai d W rite an d he has written A t rst a
,
.
,
to make h is positions fully understood by giving line u p
on line , precept upon precept here a little and there a
,
l it t le
. G reat care has been taken to allow ad v anced
t h i nkers an d e xperimen ters i n science to give expression
w hich are evo l ved all of the sen sible material forms o f
,
:
T O T HE R E A DE R : 5
strong and e n d u r i n g t h at earth s inhabit an ts can no t d i s
bols of humility .
o f soul after t h e higher possibilities o f a tr ue life f o r i t s ,
p l o re d
. The thought of coverin g a corrup t life by sh i n i ng
g an
m e n ts obtain ed by human pen itence an d abj ect beg
,
pass away and the gyves and chains forged by the l eaders
,
_ ,
-
hereafter .
to the d a ily fello w ship of its true sel f thus delin eated ,
.
TO T HE R E A DE R
We can o nly carry the analogy forward from this l ife and ,
his mind for more than t e n year s to the subj ect i n han d .
O ften the task has bee n lai d aside and as often resu med ,
, ,
T H E AUTH O R .
C H A PTER I .
L A WS A ND M OD E S OF M OTI ON .
FR O M SE EN TO
TH E UNS N FR O M T H E S ENS IBL E
TH E EE
FR OM TH E H E R E T O T H E EVERYWH E R E G IVI NG
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T H E FI NIT E ~ .
measures
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_
are inade q uate to i mparting an y true co n ce p
i n
g beginn ings that antedate the rst d a v o f creative work .
The scientist s line o f work is unproved by way of
analysis and experimen t wit h matter in its sensible f orms ,
heat that g ive the subl ime plane o f creative work where
living organisms nd birth an d where the true h i s t o r v of
creation can be stud ied in the presence of the unseen sove
r e i n t y that causes lig h t to come forth fro m the darkn ess
g
and life to spring out o f the earth .
12 OF .
as though it is sel f existen t in t hese words : E v e ry oo a y
- ,
tin i n i ts mf
co n u es
sta te f
o r es t, or
f
o u or m mo t i o n , in
t r a zg t Zi n
a s e , e xc e
pt i n so
f ar a s i t M ay oe co mpe l l e d
oy i mpr e s s e d f o r ce s to c k a tz t /za t ta te
, g e s .
analysis of mat ter th ere are const ant and even startling
, ,
:
m atte r appear m oving u nde r the in nate impulse o f inertia ,
or o f a dead weight .
i mpr e s s e d
7
is ti on l t o ee f t a ke s f l a re
p p
r o or a o r ce , a n a
in th e d i r e c t i o n of t ne s tra i
g n t l i n e in w k i c/z t /i e
f or c e
straight li n e impulses .
, ,
This dead u n ive rse o f chao tic bodies o f mat ter I S the
.
an d we m ,
a
y here add to such ult imat e s o f force
,
efforts t o d i s c o v e n t h e sources o f the wo nderful po w e r s o f
th ese f o r c e s over m at ter both affecting its states a n d de
,
w hile foundations for n e w a n d better guid e s o f thought
, ,
,
22 F I RST T H INGS:
specting the creator when he says i n the r o 4 t h P sa lm
, ,
from its clo udy cha riots W ith this wo nderful material
.
never was built into the world s f oundation Neither is
.
F I RS T TH I NGS . 23
.
, , ,
W hat determines molecular mo tion ? says :
I t i s an -
, ,
into the subj ect they begin to appear as but the v a ried
,
L
Again : I nd in P r o fessor Tyndall s ectures o n L igh t :
these words I n t h e process o f c ryst a llizat ion Na t ure ,
t h e creator
-
inuence an en tity ou tside o f itself I n the fo rme r case ; .
o
f ca u s a t i v e
f o r ce s therefore must logically be t h e
, ,
.
FI RS T T H I NGS . 25
the earth .
T h e alp h abet of creatio n s h i story must be sought out
from the working presen ce o f those unseen forces that
fashion an d modify the propert ies o f b o die s of matter
giving them place an d m otion xed , uniform and unchang ,
, , ,
system and cloth ing them all with the changin g drape ry
,
s un s syste m of satellites and planets , an d hen ce W e "
control o f plan etary bod ies across int erven ing s pace , ,
pot e n c
y o
f s en sa ti on .
which creat i on s w o r k began s
The foundations o f all .
human vision .
with the life germ in which the ear had its beginn ing S o .
weaves the garde n ho me into the life that dresses the garden ,
l o s o ph e r
being I writ e thus for the purpose o f conn i ng t h ough t
.
rs t h w h i le
light heat electrical displays of force are
, , ,
second and yet they are compan ion forces alwa y s wo rking
, ,
, ,
handled .
the earth s center wh ile on the planet t h e action com
, ,
This discloses g r a v rt a l attracti on of the earth s environmen t
o f forces affectin g other bodies of matter upo n rad ial
,
the sun is across the radial lin es o f the sun s attraction
, ,
its orbit .
34 F I RS T TH IN G S .
,
.
,
,
, , ,
Thus the gre at problem o f Ne w t on s law of grav it y
is u n folded to men tal vision The only sensible contact .
d e ep f co l d d a r k,
'
g rea t o , en v i ron i ng s
p z ce -
zs
t in or i d g e d oe t w d oo d
'
ts een sun a n
pl a n et a r
y ze s 631
t on me n t a l d s e n s zot e c o n
'
v is i on a n t a ct .
,
-
of S ir I sa ac Newton
But the sweep o f the planets across these radial curren ts
of t he sun s g r a v i t a l attraction with a v e l o c 1 t y li ke that
'
o f the earth ,
m iles in a m inute o f time reveals a
compan ion force to that o f gravity that must have a place ,
motion .
n ecessit y i n schools o f philosoph y to bring together ,
t i me
. A force in matter acting o n rad ial lines w a s
the discovery o f Newton but the f orce g i v i n g o r b i t a l
,
f
towards the center of the earth ; and that also holds the
pl anets to t h e central sun in t h e ir paths o f revo lution
, ,
The cause o f gravity is what I do no t pretend t o kn ow .
consideratio n o f my readers .
It Will be noticed that he refers to matter as inanimate
brute matter an d to space as a supposed vacuum and
, ,
hence believing as he d id in the rst two laws of motion
, , ,
material or immaterial .
This law teaches that : To e v e r y m o t i o n t a e r o i s a l w a y s
38 F I RS T TH IN G S .
a n e
q ua l a n d a co n tra r y r e a ct i on ; or , th e mu t u a l a ct i on s
oo a i e s l w ay s e g u a l
7
i t e ly
i
f
o a n y tw o a re a a n a o
pp os a
me
r e ct e a i n t ne sa s tra ig n t l i n e .
third law o f mo t io n .
o f motion .
in its gaseous state and this leaves the vast elds o f space
,
bear upon their c ircling currents the plan ets in the i r orbits
fullling their measured t ime periods of revolution .
gathers aroun d the iron o f the electro magne t at the com -
,
when the coal an d the woo d are converted into light and
h eat an d the water in to the heated rushing breath of t h e
, , ,
42 F I RS T T H I NGS .
an d ,
I have said the engineer reg ards the wood and the
water as sources of pow er so h ave our ol d mast e rs I n the i r
, ,
f orce o f attraction .
, , ,
are inwro ugh t into all the circles o f life there I s a revelal ,
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T H E MAGN E T .
v i d ua l i t y
,
and yet i s a part o f a gra n d imperso nality I t .
in every mind .
He .
F I RS T TH I NGS . 45
e f fort on the needle s part , to turn t oward the sun Th is .
rents b f f orce that g i ve th e m rest and mo tio n The i r pha h .
o ther s co n stan t sympathy an d directive guidance Th e .
commun ion with both earth and needle with a direct ive ,
\ ,
The men who have dealt most success f ully with the
p roblem of planetary mo tion have felt deeply the impor a
I nd a statement in P rofessor M itc h el s class book o n -
astro nomy in which he says Kepler whose fertile genius
, ,
The s uccessors o f Kepler and G alileo for fty years o r , ,
d ur i n g the rst hal f o f the seven teen th cen tur y fel t strongly
.
S cien t i c minds have r ested i n the bel ief that ult imates
have be e n reached in this eld o f astron o mical science ,
'
-
,
48 F I RS T THINGS .
space is in i t s measures
.
TH E MY S TE R I E S OF TH E M A GN E T .
F ig 1
,
currents consequently cross the
magneti c needl e at righ t an g les t o the n orth and south
50 THE MYS TERI ES O F THE MAGNET .
ing a curre nt o f electricity ( see F ig
and that t h e
, .
that when the curren t passes over the n eedle coursing from
i t s n or t h pole in the direction o f its south pole the need le ,
will swi ng so as to turn its n orth pole east and its south
i n
g i n the l ine o f their ow with those
p assing below t h e
magnet c a u s e it to come to rest on the ear t h s magnet i c
,
m e ridian
T HE MYS T ER I ES OF T HE MAGNE T . 51
nder side f rom eas t to west This arises from the fact
.
, , ,
while the far off planets and th e cen tral sun are rev olved
and attracted b y o ne u niversal bind ing of sympath y that
seems t o disclose the circling curren ts of these same great
po tencies i n t h e xed paths o f the planets in their per
p e t u a l j ourneyin gs around the cen tral sun .
the sun and planets parallel to the plane of the ecl iptic, "
,
con cert an d mutuall y at tract each other bin din g the two
,
e a c /z ot n e r a t r
ig n t a n
g l es These
. two classes o f energy ,
54 THE .
- .
forces .
The ele ctro magnet is o f such great importance
i
-
u o u s coil f ro m e n d to end ,
an d the terminal s of th e Wi re
u n i t e d to the conj un c tive
wires of a voltaic battery will ,
,
T HE MYS T ERI ES OF THE M A GNE T . 55
, ,
net , the world o f sensat i o n an d the sub sensible world of -
ren t the lings have left a light fi eld fro m wh ich they have
one at the bidding o f the c urr e n t a n d have laid them
g ,
F ig . 4 .
the curren t ben t into the form o f a circle all o f the lings ,
hold it eve nly balan ced upo n l ts pivo tal cen ter o f r e v o l u
"
the su n .
.
3 Tha t all planetary motion is under the guidance o f
these companio n forces an d that radial attractio n a n d
,
p o i ,
o f sun o r
p l a n e~
t o n balanced cen t e r s within such electro
sphere an d magnetic or g r a v i t a l relations between s u n
,
5
. In the grand electro -
sphere o f the sun t h e de ad
, r
C H A PTE R IV .
GR A VI T A T I ON .
as t o ,
at tract each o ther mutually with an in tensity pr o ,
gives t h e absu rd proble m o f the sun s radiatio n o f l i ght
and heat to all planetary bod ies while he hol d s all s uch,
' '
forces h a ve x
.
g r a v i t a l
sun and plan e tar y bodies giving t he m form a n d orbits of
,
, .
the 1 r c 1 r c u l a r pa t h s of m bt i o n
=
.
GR AVITATI ON . 63
uni form d istance from the cen ter o f the sphere and the , ,
rad ial l ines ext ending indenitely in to sp ace give the righ t
lines of g r a v i t a l impulse that all bodies o f matter describe
i
i s f a c t o r y solutions
.
T h e sun s g r a v i t a l sphere holds within its rad ial lines o f
restrain ing pressure called attractio n bounded by t h e
, ,
The sun s ligh t pervades th is en tire g r a v i t a l S phere
reach in g to Neptu ne causi n g satellites and planets to
,
W ith in the sun s g r a v i t a l sphere there appears an asso
0 1 at 1 on o f planetary bodies eac h h aving a separate iden t ity
,
'
Ce n e r
g y to the full measure o f its capacity to receive from ,
o f mo tion boun d e a c h t o each in bands o f sym pathy a n d
,
t h o u g h t r e s pe c t i n g Nature s methods o f converting s t raight
sible rad ial line cutt ing them touches the circle at a uni c
GR AVITATI ON . 67
for m distance from the center of the circle and all such
L et the read er here n ote that while the lines are sharply
drawn betw e en the ph ilosophy o f our best scienti c teachers
and the presen t papers are but l ittle more than in terprete r s
o f such new d iscoveries .
G R A V I T A T I ON A ND P L A N ET A R Y M O T I ON .
Y of or g an ic matter and i l f
co n ce 1 v 1 n
g g r a v t a o r c e s a s
from and by the latter and held centrally in its ra d ial line s
o f fo rce currents with an equal pressure u pon , o r alon g ,
each g r a v i t a l l ine that can b e let fall upon the orga n ic b ody ,
forces go ing out fro m the sun in some mysterious man ner ,
That G r a v i t a t i o n c e n t f a l i z e s e n e rg y i n t b e c r e a t i o n
, ,
o f ev o l u ti on , f
o ma t t e r i n o r
g a n i cf or m s , t fza t a s un i ts ,
t i z y m ay
Izo l a t n e i r l 7
t /ze i
p a ce a n a a ct r
pa r t i n tae
g ra n d g
'
rou
pi n
g f s o a un i v e r sa l cr e a tive un i ty .
acorn are fash ion ed b y the same forces that build world
_
a li t
y
/
a n d l
a l 1 v 1 n g environmen t .
'
o f g ra v i t a l fo rces group i ng sensitive a toms in to v a ri o u s
,
,
substances an d s u c h s u b s t a n ce s i n t o the i n n i t e 5 1 m a l for ms
'
rest wh i le relatively in mo t i on .
cen t ers o f rest to all pl a h e t a r y bod ies i n free space , a n d
binds bod y to bod y by mutual cen tral reactions between
the m thus ann ihilating dista n ce withi n the sol ar system
,
-
g n o e
over all . The plan ets with their satell ites fulll their
, ,
c e n t ra l f r e s either in sun or p l an e ts .
GR AVI TATI ON A ND P L A NE T ARY MO TI ON . 71
1
. T h e s o u r c e o f g r a v i t a l energy i s free space
W he t
.
it or hinder it 1 n l ts work .
3
. The central lines o f force current
-
s that repre sent
rad ial lines o f pressure in a l l g r a v i t a l l y charged bodies are ,
planets within the sun s g r a v i t a l sphere of forces .
72 GR AVITATI ON '
AN D PL A NE TA RY MO TI ON .
sun and his planets respectively as are the rad ial l ines of
, ,
curren ts that b ecome plumb lines o f pressure upo n suc h
\
.
is the same at every point in t h e pl a n e t s orbit of mo tion
.
4. Transmission o p
f ressure o r i m pul s e b etween the
sun an d his planets is n o t by means o f t h e interference O f
current s of force between the v a r 1 o u s b odies but ea ch ,
its radial l ine j o i n 1 n g the two bod ies moves over e q ual
,
s u n s r a d i a l line of pressure toward his own g r a v i t a l ce n ter
, .
\
t o t h e 1 nert 1 a o f the matter composing the b o d V of the
planet .
6
74 GR AVITATI ON A ND P L ANE T A R Y MO TI ON .
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,
GR AVIT A TI ON AND PL A N E TA R Y MO TI ON
.
. 75
sun i s greatest at th e sun s body an d decreases as th e
squares o f distance outward increase so does the c e n t r i fu ,
periods
rest an d motion is d e r t v e d
, .
the cen ter of the earth there is xed th e center o f i h e earth s
hemis phere of light and heat Th l S l ine always m arks t h e
m
.
culmi n ating po m t of the sun s illu inating power upon
noon o f a n unending day ; The un it of the earth s r e v o l u
t h e e a r t h s a r e a of dail y mot io n in her orbit around t h e
"
su n with this r ad i al l ine o f the earth s o rbit a c onsta n t '
measure o f t h e earth s g ra v i t a l t 1 es bind ing her t o the cen ;
tral sun givin g the closed orbit , that gives the un it of
,
ciding l ines should giv e the un i form dist a nce of the earth
l a tion w e kn o w that the area o f the eart h s m o t 1 0 n m .
GR AVITATI ON A ND PL A NE TA RY M OTI ON . 77
a n d the line o f the earth s o rbit o f mo tion , and , also , the
h ow t h e work is done B u t at
the earth s d istan ce from t h e su n there is a unit expressio n
of two lin es o f force acting in harmony and yet one act ,
"
each planet to the center o f the c entral and t h e
fo rces th at preside over planetary mo t io n nd the i r u n rt
contin u ance .
, ,
planet s orbit o f motion The a c t i on and r e a c t i o n o f th e
.
- -
motion that pola r forc e s give to the axial line J o i n ing them
'
b e t w e e n t h e t w o bodies x the o rbital l i ne o f t h e earth s
'
measure o f the sun s repellen t eld o f energy exerte d upon
In short t h e un it
-
ward fro msuch c en ter still the rest cen ter of the in ter
v e n i n g eld o f g r a v i t a l forces is reached
,
Thus the c e n
.
ea rt h s orbit , as its axial line
f
e n ergy while its eld of
o ,
r e n t energy whil e each rest cen ter gives un ity t o the eld
,
the forces that env i ron i t take o n the velocity o f the ligh t
and hold all g r a v i t a l l y c harged bodies so n icely balanced
On their c e nters o f revolution that the rocky foundations
o f su n s a n d planets are buil t securely around them
.
.
sensation o f v i s i o n .
receive .
The same law of in tercommun io n exists b e t w e e m a l l
'
an d
g ra v i t a l forces center e d with in th e m . The l i n es o f
GR AV I TATI ON A ND P L A NE T A RY MO TI ON
. 83
one uni v ersal unity E ach i nd ividuality has its xed cen
.
The transferen c e o f sensatio n across man y m iles o f dis
tance through m agnetic co n duction as wi tnessed i n the
'
84 AN D .
M O TI ON .
, , , ,
tion o f life and form with in an d upon the earth and sun ,
E VO L U T I ON OF L I GH T .
i
q u a i n t e d with the i r works o f marvel o us
p o wer a n d var ed
would have been erected for them and they would h ave
,
I n fact t h e
.
o f wo rlds .
all s i len t O n the con trary they teach that while gravi
.
,
o f motion , that the burn ing body o f the sun sends out t o
E V OLU TI ON . OF L I GH T .
87
s uch pl a n e t s o n rad ial lines all the light and heat that they
sh are In sho rt t h at the cen tral sun commanding the
.
,
still our cities with their shops and dwellings are now
l i ghted from the cold dark curren ts o f electrical and mag
'
net i c impulse .
-
.
The elect ric lig h t and the light o f a candle are essen
t i a l l y the same while the source s f r o n i which the y derive
organ ic matter .
it s el f If it c a me .
e d e le ct rO
mag n etic impulses uc h impulses al w ays '
m
s
b o dy of the planet that our old philo s ophers have c alled " -
brute matter is as passive in the embr ace o fg g r av i t al
electro mag net in the c i r pl i n g currents o f electrici t y t h a t
-
es an d goes at t h e
-
"
in cluding both ra d ial and orb i tal for ces ; it m ust b e n o ted
'
m
I n t h e c o b i n a t i o n o f these two sta te s o f m atter t h e
-
E VOLU TI ON OF L I GH T . 91
matter in space
~
.
This e l e c t r o s ph e r e o f l inear vibrati ng force curren ts is -
- -
,
T
, ,
fr om the p er i od of the earth s rst revolution to t h e pres
e n t ti me E a rt h light is a perpetual ame ; it n e v er ceases
-
.
t o bu v
rn a n d yet it is a constan t evolut ion from earth cur
b an ks b y g r a v i t a l p ressure
i
To b r i ng w a t e r from th e
"
' '
.
E V O L U TI ON OF L I GH T .
l '
v l b s
i
v
r _
energy i s held at r est under the grand cen t ra liz ing fo rces
o f gravity This v as t sea of forces when disturbed by t h e
. .
sun s presence i n the heavens e v o l ves a ligh t s uf c i e i i t to
?
.
This is Nature s method O f both l i ghti n g a n d watering
the earth ; for t h e fo u ntai n s O f waters that are formed .
=
h i s pl a n t o f powerful eng i nes and system s O f co nducting
_ _
!
t o wh ich he can lead o ff h is powerfu l cu r re nts o f f o r ce
.
E V O LU TI ON OF L I GH T . 93
of e v ery d w ell er upo n the earth
,
n ,
, r , ,
"
scie n ce s h o ul d Con tin u e t o t e ach that t h e creator of
worlds k in d l e d a n i n t e n s e l y d ev o u r i ng am e upo n t h e
'
'
s u rf a ce O f t h e s un n
t o l i g h t t h e plan e t s milli on s o f mi l es
'
dist a nt i n t h e c o l d a n d da r k r egion s o f sp a c e
"
' '
.
C HA P T E R V I I .
H E AT , LI GH T A ND L I FE E V OL V E D F R OM
D I STUR B E D L E C T R OM AGNE T I C
E
F o ROE s O F E N VI R ONM E N T .
tensio n f r o m c o n d u c t i o n .
t h e t heme
H eat as a mode o f mot io n in w h i c h h e r
.
,
n t.
g l
t h o rg an i e g rgw th s
of ma t er ial s tructures he l a tt e r is .
i n t o play
Tn r o n g n o n z n e u n i v e r s e t /ze s u m of zlze s e
tw o ener
g ze s is co n s ta n t .
from its radi ant state at the l o w level o f the cold and th e
darkness o f free s pace to its rest in organic structures
under the energy O f attract ion , an d through an i nverse
order o f work u nde r the repell ing en ergy of heat and light
-
'
,
96
HE AT L I G H T A N D L I F E
,
r
l
f t o
: '
, ,
The s e two e nergies com pass the un iversal ity O f en e rg y ,
lling all space a n d h old i n g i n charge every ato m O f f ree
,
sun systems th a t fi ll immensity ; While t h e y a t t h e s a rn e '
izi ng of all organ i z i n g or evo l vin g bo d ies o f m at ter wh e t h ei r
97
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,
,
ship that are un fold ed to philosophic e xper i men t or to
theolo g ical conception s Thus t h e image of the C reato r .
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g ra n d energ i es of sp a ce
ry t h e tgx a f
'
T h us t h e W O Ca r .
sph ere s so eve n l y poi s ed upo n t h e e lectro m a gn e tic flo o d s
" '
of a tt ractio n an d that a l l pl an e tar y md t i o n f i s
! -
These eleme n t s a r e
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L
i n curr en ts e lectro dyn am i c and repellen t and m agn e t o
, ,
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dyn a mi c a n d a t t ra c t i v e
They c onstitut e the balan cin g
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,
.
_
, ,
harmo n y of t h e s e c ur f e n t s o f d yn amic ener gy O u t o f
.
"
.
warms h im a n d c o o ks h i s food
"
a n d fn a g n e t l s m
an d he n d s ligh t
'
x
and heat springing forth fro m the d i s tu rbe d c urre nts '
m
c o h
l
!p ro l a i t h e w he n ce o f t heir p o wer
-
and t h e w h a t i f t e i r
H E AT:i
ro
n A ND L IF E
r . 99
J
. .
,
l a t e n t l zg n t , a n d la tent s o n r ce s o
f l zf e a n a
7
a ls o l a t e n t
soun d
ca a n a s o
f
As t o the t ransmi ssion o f l 1 gb t an d heat we regar d t h em
as always obeying the laws o f magnetic and electrical
co n d u c t 1 o n a n d as m fac t s 1 mpl y d i sturbed an d i l l u m 1 n
, ,
cl o se d
sunligh t .
that t h e light a n d heat o f r a a za t zn g cen ters are f rom cen
ters of c o m n s t zo n and hence local and tem porary
, T h ey
.
mov e them as -
n 1
po t e n
ce
HE AT L I GH T AND L I FE
, . 1 01
1
W ith matter in charge o f these sover e i gn and un iversal
forces there i s n othi ng gr eat no r n o t h I n g sm all T h ere IS
.
the ini t ial centers o f all forms o f being and of life with ,
'
But the potter an d the clay must come tog ether to form
the rudest vessels s O c r e a t i v e ma t e r 1 a l f orces must touch
r!m
v
"
L i a y h a d 1
t o b a n d xing
t
h
w 1 t h o ut
g ravita i n i germ
centers There IS n o . of b u d s ari d bl ossoms ,
, ,
co n d e n sa t l o n
, ,
.
y fo rces and earth fo rce s r t h e r eb y e vo l ving l igh t
- .
.
,
.
ality o f being .
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.
al l tr ue wi s d om
\
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_
,
.
H , L ire H T A N r); L t r E
e n j oyed i n sp 1 rits where m i n d is c l o t hed in
w o rld f
,
a o ,
T h e l anguage of t h e s oul as roi d i n vision s i s ~
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s c 1 o us n e s s
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. ,
Nature s me t h o d s o f communicatio n between the materi a l
'
, /
e n c e d by a n y criticisms fro m the pen o f a n unkno wn
writer ; and hence , I shall si ply set over against t his m
siv e potenc 1 es ;
,
HE AT L I GH T AND L I FE
,
. 1 05
, ,
of the co l d an d darkness .
a r o u nd e a c h r e v o l v i n g sphere in t h e sun s system of worlds ,
and thus satell ites and planets are revolved and oated i n
worlds from free space fro m which also the solid spheres
,
ing forces I n sh o rt
.
,
-
earth and sun take in such imp ulses and giv e back as they
receive No ether star d ust or cometary n ebulous matter
.
,
,
.
The p i ctorial e tch ings of the ligh t are se c ured by lin e ar
vibrating currents passing from obj ect to obj ec t touchi n g ,
ill u m i nated eld The sensatio n s o f the en tire el d o f
.
c reat io n
'
ro ning f orces s o r mly that i t sh o u ld n o t be moved
forever I have endeavored to no te the n atural l ines of
,
T h ese l ines are plumb l ines and righ t angled horizon tal
l i nes .The plumb lin e s of gra v ity with a right angled
p l ane or level cutt ing th em at an y po i n t that may be take n
upon the earth s surface give to the engineer l in es that
,
T h e s e s a me radial a nd Orbita l l in es o f n atural forces a n d
''
, ,
t w o compan io n fo rces o f power as c r eators and govern o r s
o f all world s a n d all thing s having fo rm and li f e .
s of
m a terial creative fo rces
L et it be n o ticed therefore , ,
-
3 . E lemen tar y matter elemen t ary space are me a s
an d
u res o f each o ther and hence , all laws o f motion are fro m
,
s pace to body from v elo cities like the light to th ose o f the
,
ge rm l i fe .
7 . T h e e n e r
gy
o f attractio n stored up i n each plane t a ry
body is bal a n ced b y a n e nviro ning eld of orbital repelle n t
fo rces that a r e an exact measure o f its radial curren t s of
a ttracti n g ener g y .
y ,
1 10 HEA T L I GH T
, AN DL IF E .
and work thro u gh and around o rga nic matter as the curr en ts
o f force enviro ning the m agnet .
electro mag n etic or g r a v i t a l forc es an d are onl y revea le d
-
.
impulse .
bodies o f matter and forms of life that they have built into
place from their perennial sources o f creat ive po t encies ,
e
. The ligh t and heat o f combustion o r oxi d ation is
simply a reversal of th e energy of attraction by i t s c o o r -
n e t i c oo ds in space .
C H A PT E R VI II .
A CR O SS THE B OR D E R .
I TH
the com ing o f the Telep h o ne and t h e P h o n o
'
i me n t .
d e clare that begi n n i n g when creation s cen ters were
xe d and time began a nd they compass the en tire period
, , ,
.
114 ACROSS T HE BORDER .
build ing ,
bel o n g to matter d iss ociate ,
an d inorga n i c , In
~ .
veloci t y of the li g ht .
a n d d a r k cab i nets
f
fro m wh ich are cu t o ff th e n ecess a r y
,
has in i t n o spon tan e ous gen erative power Nei t her will .
is limited .
that th e somewhat must be t h e someon e .
well as i n the o rg anic struct u res o f the mi n eral vegetable ,
ence has furn ished the educated m ind with a n acq u ain t
ance with the sup posed elements o f world build ing -
.
. .
S o called inerti a
-
C ommence t h e work o f d i v i d i n g water
.
,
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Th e y do :
'
day has stated that a dro p o f water con tain s more th an 1 5
disch ar ge d i n the most vi olen t as h o f lightni ng .
I .
a f rm that t h e
somewhat that is h idden i n the elemen ts
o f matter is n on material as the
-
someo n e
,
.
No t tha t we would d iscard the someone but that we ,
tio n a n d answer
Whence has the force wh ich manifests
.
sun . .
a nxiously pressin
g .
1 20 ACROSS T HE B ORDER .
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.
, , f
ena
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, .
state o f t h i n g s .
J
F OU R TH S TA TE OF M A TT E R .
m
of a s t a t e o f atter that our teachers o f science h ave s
d i v i s i o n of the eleme n ts as they have bee n styled .
,
, ,
a similar c o nclusion an d he ann ounces a fourth state o f
,
matter wh ich he st yles the ul tra gaseous
-
.
,
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U N I TY OF T H E F OR C E S .
NP ro f H
Tyndall s work on
. eat considered as a M ode
of M o tio n page 2 2 5 he says We have every reason
, ,
light and heat as ou\r only sure guides passing between the
dark land o f electric an d magnetic velocities to the land ,
w onderful veloc i t i es .
en ergy that move out fro m sun and stars to build i n crea
,
t io n s great w ork shops -
.
1 26 UN IT Y OF . THE FORCES .
t he
'
m
g i a n ust ad mit have bee n gathered the great suns a n d
,
south b y the same l i n es that x the points of the mar i ner s
co mpa ss . H ere th e n we a r e b r Ou g h t face to face with t h e
.
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g So g
-
, _
.
i n space which i s
,
That c u rr e n i s mov i n g i n th e same
,
.
a l ine j o ining the center of the earth with the cen ter of th e
sun an d that in the revolution of the earth around the sun
, ,
of forces that do constan t work bet ween the sun and earth ,
holding the earth to her orbit and also carryi n g from earth
to sun an d sun to earth by the same l ines o f attract ion all .
miles in d i a me t e r t e r m i n a t i n g at the sun s center A s
pe t u a l calms .
t o r i a l plane o f the s un s equator the stability o f perpet u a l
be strengthened by a glance at th e ir w o n d e r fu l v e l o c i t i e s .
"
c urren ts .
velocities We s u g g est the thought that the male a n d
.
. .
report to the senses Th e v are the c o ord inating forces
.
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.there .
I
U N TY OF THE FORCES .
A gain he says It is an accepted conclusion with Jul ius
,
a ri d a a i n
g to
,
gu ide us in our d iscoveries o f the wonder
w ork i ng powers of matter i n i t s invisibl e organ isms .
{
N OT E J The
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N A T U R E S M E T H ODS I N C R E A T I ON
netic curren ts and thus matter in its var i ous st a tes with
, , ,
for w ard .
1 34 M .
u n aided vision res pon ds feebly to the sun s i nue n ce an d
, ,
i i i her orbit ;
Wi t hin the sun s g reat globe o f unied an d balanced c i i r
rents all the planets W i th their satellites ea c h surrounde d
, ,
I n H i m they live move an d have their being
, .
is u nerringly governed A nd .
"
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r an
g l e d force o f attraction The earth
. revolves towards the
line of o w of the electric currents around th e earth ; as
mat ter is attracted toward the earth s cen ter in radial
lines so the earth revolves toward the ow o f attractin g
,
The machin ery o f the heavens has its beginn ing in the
eternity past o f atoms and energy a n d has the promise of ,
A T T R A C T I ON A N D R E PU LS I ON E QUA L
F A C T OR S I N G R A V I T A T I ON .
i
We have been t a u gh t t h a t the law o f un iversal g ravita
t i on governs the motion of th e plan ets in their or bi ts a n d
m
,
, .
a t t r a ct a lo n
r a a i a Z Zi n e s t ow a r d s ra v ita l ce n t e r s
g g ,
t o ms i
7
a n s
p
a ce re
p el or r es ist a t t r a ct i o n a n a t a ke u
p
t /ze i r Zi n e o
f mo t i o n a t
g e t a n
g !e s t o t ne ra d i a l Zi n- f
es
o
f a tt ra ct i ng ma s ses .
i t springs,
like an arrow fro ma ben t bow to its home i n ,
af rm that all gro wing bod ies are g r o w m g mag n ets and ,
-
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,
,
sun s sur face i s greater th an that which would b e produced
by burn ing six tons o f c o a l o n it each hour No w we/
.
,
i n a n hour to rep r esen t th e sun s heat ?
But the sun sends out or radiates its ligh t an d heat in
, ,
j g o w
p a rt of it A l l the planets t ogether receive but
.
an d heat
The w h ole heat o f the su n collected o n a mass o f ice
a s large as the earth would be suf cient to melt it in two
W ill the sun keep up forever a supply o f the force t h at
h a s been described ? It canno t , if it be n o t replen ished ,
an
y more than a re can be kept up unl ess we put o n fuel ;
an y more than a man can work withou t food A t presen t .
eve n from cen tury t o cen tury and if there is a loss there
,
No w by turn in g t o the est i mate of the sun s mass co m
,
many t imes less light and heat than the e a rth and has a
d i a me t e e o r e th an ten t imes g r eater and a volum e ,
solut i on .
They illuminate and warm the bod ies to which they clin g
b u t n ever consume them
2 E ach planet in the solar system holds its place in its
.
attracted Or reec te d .
Also ,
that in reectio n it obeys the law o f a n elas tic
falling b o dy preservi ng still its perfect l inea r order o f
,
motion .
med ium We have stated that the rad ial lin es o f ligh t
.
,
, .
,
they obey th e law of fall i ng bod ies and ve t upo n the sur ,
face o f the earth e volve l igh t and heat which upo n the
, ,
scientic conclusions v i a , , That the light a n d heat of t h e
sun are supplied from g r a v i t a l energ y pouring virgin atoms
of matter into the sun s atmosphere thus evolvin g h i s,
creative work .
S OU R C E S OF L I GH T A ND H E A T .
making the lines o f li g h t an d heat id en tical wit h
a v i t a l l ines o f attract io n
it will be n o ticed th a t the
g r
,
the sun s equator circles o f light are presumed to fall co r
responding to the magnetic or g r a v i t a l energy o f the var i
o u s planets. These circles of i lluminatio n will follow upo n ]
the equator o f the sun the mo tio n o f the pla n ets as the
,
moo n s shadow fall s upo n the earth at an eclipse of the
-
to twen ty fold
.
paper .
I The reader must be remin ded that our subj ect brin g s
us again to t h e border land o f the senses where we must ,
, ,
light and heat energy must have existed before the rst
atoms of sun f ormation were boun d together Th e sun
-
.
a n d heat ,
bu t w hat of the invisible energ y th at has stored
i t self up in the sun s vast organ ism? By experimen t we
1 46 .
a n d yet nurtures i nto life the ti niest seed that falls u pon
a n d heat is invisible i n tangible an d as exhau stl e ss as
, ,
f o rm s Of power .
,
.
SOURCES OF L I G H T AND HEAT . 1 47
g i n elements .
the change o f mat ter from its electro magn etic state i n -
mark s the van ishing l ine across which the divided atoms
pass to their l inear structure in space .
,
1 48 SOURCE S OF L I G H T A ND HEA T .
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'
form .
Thus far we are d ealing with sensible measures The .
the atoms o f the metals from which the magn et has been
c ame into their presen t cond ition from t h e heated furn ace
a liquid
,
glowin g with a repellent en ergy e qual to the cohe
sive strength now binding together their ato mic structure .
wires that we j oin to the wires proj ecting from the poles o f
our prepared magnet and when the curren t is completed
,
power o f elect ro mag n etic curren ts and is the s a me po we r
"
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,
tion ,
we n d this important statemen t ; The effects of
the attract i o n of cohesio n the gr eat approx i mat i n g cause
, ,
gous to the planetary proj ectile forces H e also says T h e .
,
'
'
tio n or percussio n .
force o f repulsion .
SOURCES OF L I GH T AND HEA T . 1 51
is that curren ts o w m g in the same directio n attra ct
, ,
,
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The dream o f our ablest ph ilosophers that light an d
,
sun ,
stars o r planets .
5 8 o f .
H eat as a M od e o f M otion H e says aft er dealing with
.
,
L et me n o w pass from the sun to someth ing less in f a C t , ,
'
A d iamon d is p u r e carbon and carbon burns i n oxygen
,
.
y o u wo u l d present t o your i n ds
. t h m
e conc e pt i o n o f
tions are in q ualit y the same and to the i n t e l l e c t t h e o n e '
m
, ,
ical affi nity but this fo r ce mad e cle a r prese nts its el f to
, , ,
S OU R C E S OF L I GH T AND HEAT 1 55
light and heat depend upon solid cosmical matter for its
,
.
It is to this e n d we d e s i f e d the tes t i m on y o f t h e g re a t
experimenter that the g r a v i t a l lines of energy d a s h e d u po n
acqu ainta n c e with ligh t and heat from w h ich we have
heretofore bee n shu t out .
further elucidation .
L IGHT AS B U I LD E R .
evolu tion
A nd fi rst we nd them repellen t f orces They come t o
.
o f exaltation .
'
I ts illum inat ing lin es pass from d a rkn ess t o dar kn ess aga i n
a t the rate o f 1 8 0 0 0 0 miles in each second o f time
,
By .
the material energy of the some w here comes t h r o u g li t h e
i
the
so mewhat fro m w h ich sprin g s into f o r rrf and place a l l
t ings that have life and all co d itio ns o f matter that are
h n \
his s c 1 e n t i c memoirs to t h e inquiry of the force i nclu d e d
i n
p
a
l an e ts
'
H e has
. carried forward his work under the
inquiry Wh e nce h a s the force t hat man i f ests i tsel f as heat
,
bo n ic a ci d ga s
I t m ay be said without much error o f
.
tible substances are derived direc tly or ind irectly from the
ve g etable world Thus in t h e min d o f Dr D raper t h e
. .
,
ra
the l ig h t of the sun s y s a r e the same 3 fo r aft er a series
of experimen ts w ith growing plan ts in which he sh o w s con
.
out o f n oth in g
The answer i s i t came from T H E SUN
, .
ligh t we use was derived from the sun perhaps m ill ions o f .
years ago . T h e plants of those an cien t day s , act i n g as
c i a t i jn
g it wi th the radian t energy the y had abs orbe d a nd ,
o f M emoirs .
to a s a me giving compoun d s ; the former he teac h es
-
, ,
o r w ater
z
. We pre s s the inquiry a step farther back o f
the atmosphere a n d back of ammon ia and water and a s k
'
,
suggests two more steps backward to the beginning and
we i nqu i re , when ce c a me the n ebula ?an d whe n ce t h e
power o f condensation ?
We s u gges t that condensation is g r a v i t a l attraction and ,
compounds .
a me giving compound
-
that is thus take n in to t h e c i r
culation o f th e plan t a n d not carbon from the atmosphere
, .
,
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,
.
'
'
.
,
and h y drogen
ame beari n g compoun d s No w in t h e
.
,
If the sun have power to take up carbon f r o fn its co m
p n i o n s h i p with oxygen carryi n g it i nto the circ ulat i o n o f
a ,
, ,
-
i n
g ame all the substances that plan t structure demand s ?
-
r e oxidati on ;
-
the n i t was deli vered escapin g under t h e , ~
id atio n it is delivered escaping un der the form o f heat or
,
lig h t ,
remingl ing w ith the universal cosmic force 5
here th e swing o f cosmic en ergy is fro m space t h rough
,
en e
ngy of oxygen a n d c mr b o n that h o h t h.e n i i n th e
molecular condit io n of carbon ic ac id i f n o t from the sun ?
SC I E N T I F I C R E VE L A T I ON S .
n ew ,
or the n e w philosoph y must be d isproved .
ler and Newton con fer rich blessings upo n the coming ages
though they li v e as th e rej ected indel d reamers of thei r
o w n age w hile their disciples in turn become sco ffers at t h
,
v ation,
an d w a s rewarded by the discovery of the thr e e
gre a t laws of planetary motion
SC I EN TI F I C RE VEL A I
I ON S
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,
.
,
aro und xed centers in free space The read e r may her e .
-
n o te
,
that as this law of S ir Isaac Newto n d iscloses the law
governing the energ y of the ato m as trul y as the en ergy of
planetary bod 1 es i n their paths of motio n it follows that ,
12
1 70 SC I E N TI F I C RE V E L A TI ONS .
reduced to its pri mary atoms under the extre me ene rgy o f
repulsion becomes occult and the energ y t hat i s i n i t
, ,
e r ning the order and periods o f plan etary mot ion wh ile ,
a fni ties .
u zl t pf m, d 6y t /ze d mpo n d e r a l e
' '
a r e u ro a n u n s een a n z .
g e n ,
u n i t e in the pro po rtio n o f eigh t parts oxygen to one
'
T h ese gases the scales o f the chem i st may mete out but
, ,
tha t they are cre a ted from an d b y the unseen and i mpo n
_
the sal t held in solu tio n in the waters of the o c e a n a n d
/
,
.
'
earth .
able l i fe
; h i s one o f the m ost abundan t substances in
t ion and in the d e s t r uc t i o n o f o rganic s ubstances su pported
by that great working agen t oxygen at an elevated tem , ,
p e r a t u re and at
,
the same time its atoms resist the destroy
i n g po w er of the inte n sest heat It is indestructi b le in the
.
1 tr
g o f o t g o f
power .
But the chemist nds that even this s o ver e ign elemen t
o f creative po w e r un ites wit h o ther elemen t s in accord
ance wit h exact mathemat i cal fo rmul a s that are eve r t h e
same Neither i n the g rowing plan t an i mal o f roc k , , ,
q
that build u p the solids and liquids of matter t h o ugh ,
,
i mpo nderabl e and unseen observe r i g i d ly t h e order of
,
c e pt i o n o f a universal law o f g ra v i t a l attractions and r e l
pu
and yet they h ave th eir h ome in fo rms so inn itesimal that
they elude th e sear ch o f microscop i c glasses o r the t ouch ,
a
1 76 SC I EN T I F I C REV ELA TION S .
.
,
, ,
clo t hed elds ; and above all the innite fo rms o f an imal
l ife that are f e d u pon earth 5 teemi n g harvest s without ,
imperfectly sketched .
i s built
by t h e l iving f orce that is in them give s u b
, ,
a t o ms c h a r e d with opposite i
g p olarities are alone united n
Newto n s law o f un i versal gravitat i on i n i t s fullest and
broadest sense so that all forms o f matter are built u p
,
h a n d and s a y Tk e y c a m e f r o m t /ze g r e a t m a g n e t i c
, , s ea
f
7
o
f oa l a n ce d o r ce s , in w /zt c lz th e sun s a n a
pl a ne t s co n
'
t i t u t zn g ll w orld s a re
oa l a n c e a upo n t e ly ois ed
s a a ccu r a
p
ce n ters o
f e
q ua l a tt ra ct i on s a n d re
p uls i on s .
i n
H e ven t ure d to think tha t t h e greatest scientic proble ms
o f the future would nd their S olutio n i n this border l and -
t orn asunder and broken into atomic forms that seek rest
'
P ro f C rooks as Balfour S tewart s raw material out of which
.
w ith radian t mat ter and radian t en ergy and see if we have
T HE U N S E E N WOR LD .
l and of promise .
ble f orc e s and yet accord ing to rigid mathema t ical form
, , ,
a l l w orlds .
1 82 TH E UNSE E N w o man .
to gain the co nvic tio n that the rad i ance o f the s u nbeam is
simply an illuminatio n o f the radian t ma t ter of the spa c e
arou n d us in w hich we l ive and move and from whi ch h a s
c ome our life a n d be in g .
the peren nial so u rce o f all m ater i al ene rgy whether cre a
-
,
'
t ive o r mec h an i cal . I t must lead us also to d iscard th e
teach in gs o f the philosophers of t h e past ages that the s un
is the source o f all power upo n the earth S ir John H e r
.
schel writes
T h e su n s r ays are th e ultimate source of
,
the earth By its heat are pro duced a l l wind s and those
.
,
m
~
fro mino rgan ic atter and b e come in th eir turn the sup
,
TH E U NS EE N W
VO R L D . 1 83
vas t power and that it far tran scends all the planetary
,
energy called ligh t and heat bel ongs to the rad ian t lines o f .
s pace resisted in t h ei r inte nse velocities of motio n and
their tempera ture raised by the w ork done in passin g th e
resisting medium W e m a v well then elimi n ate lig h t a n d
.
cel out l igh t and heat fro m the l ist of elemen tary o r ,
tation ,
mechan ical force electr i c i ty magnet i sm a nd
, , ,
magn et i sm .
fo rm s O f being .
s O l u b l e t i es o f g r a v i t a l a ffinity
.
13
1 86 TH E U N S EE N W ORLD .
was n
-
-
L A TE N T A ND S E NS I B L E P O WE R .
the scien tic boun dary lin e betwee n laten t and sensibl e
power o r b etween laten t an d sensible heat O ur hypoth
,
.
center O f rest .
i c a l l y charged matter .
uses o f machinery .
E xcept i n these a t rn
'
o s ph e r i c
u pon the surface o f
be lt s
bodies all Of n i a t t e r bo th sol id an d rad i an t is cold an d
, , ,
ligh t and heat as Nature sto res up her power in the latent
,
put ou t if the su n s bod y should lose his l o w te mperat ure
O f latent energ y at wh i ch we have see n all g r a v i t a l fo rces
perform their constant work A gain the sun can not los e
.
,
the form of light and heat o n the body o f the sun should
be transferred to the planets as light and he at by rad iation .
There are but two forces that cont rol the ch anges o f
ma t ter ; one is th e force of a ttract i on or aggregation ; t h e ,
O f o r b i t a l motion
.
H e nce the p l anets as t h e y appro ach
.
,
Tlze e co n o my o
f ee g rea t f o r ce s o
f m a t e r za l c rea on
is s u ck M t l o ca l t t r ac t i lw
a s e u al i zo l o co]
a a on s a re a
y q
c o m u s zzo n s .
must ever pre s erve the un iverse fro m the over ma s t ery o f
either o ne of t h e c o r r e l a t e forces o f un i ve rsal power The
.
dark silen tly workin g forces of gravit a tio n main tain thei r
,
tion and repulsion Thes e forces u n d i s t u r b e d o r u n r e
.
,
dis t a n ce above the earth will be rest ored to the body in its
ret urn to the earth Th e heat applied t o lifti n g t h e bod y
.
, .
for the cooking o f food t h e wa rming of dwellings the
, ,
i ae c o m e
'
d o th e la ten t f o r ces o
f g ra v ita l a tt ra c t zo z co n
v e rtea i n to t /ze sen s i l e b e a t of M m ea m
e s z ?
Th e
heat o f the sun seems to c ome down upo n th e earth
with the power o f a descend ing weight accumulati n g ,
strength until it reaches the earth It s measured velo c i t y .
the earth s surface a retur n sh ock o f rad ian t e nergy th at
se r ves to multiply its power a n d carries with i t r i s m g m i s t s
and vapors that give to the winds and the waterfal ls the i r
sources o f power The law of gravity is here certai nly
.
'
A s the mutual attr a c tions bet w een these two bodies act
upon rad ial lin es a n d as sun and earth are hu g e magnets
,
the work is do ne .
C H A P T E R X VIII .
RA D I A N T MA TT E R A ND M E C H A N I C A L P OWE R .
' '
unknown .
-
I f there be a n i mmo r t a l i t y and a realm o f pure spirit ual
RAD I AN T MA TT ER AND MECHAN I C A L PO VER .
'
a n d radiant matter ; at least we ve n ture this assumption in
ra d ian t state
-
mat t er as a work o f -
, ,
I n the fric t ion that res i sts t n e mo tio n o f wheels and pul
l eys there i s a resistance that awakens curre n ts of ener y
,
g
that lift curren t s o f matter above or away fro m such plan e .
o f Mr .
E dison s dynamo electrical m achines and curren t s
-
,
he a t tha t lifted the waters of the oceans and lakes into the
g athering clouds i n the fo rm o f m ist and giving the m
,
to
the radiant currents within the atmosphere that are also ,
g u i d e d b y s , u
and thus feed ing the fountains from which the rivers ow .
o f the glow i ng ame as seen bet w een the resisting car b ons
o f the electric curren t L iquids an d s olids of matter may
.
led to teach that the S u n is the sou rce o f all power upo n
the earth A gain I desire to n otice the fac t that radian t
.
,
-
The .
accepted theory is that it is a species of m otion, On e .
, ,
'
the heat en e rgy applied to the lift ing of the stone fro m the
e a rth T h us heat nds a place among th e s e n s i b l e s o u rc e s
.
tion a n d then pours it upon the earth suppl y ing the waste
,
o f all of earth s owing springs and rivers o f water that are
diverted to d riving the w heels of mechanical power .
ing from the solid o r liquid to the radian t o r from the rad i
,
,
called heat and the rapid vibrations o f the rad ian t matter ?
,
'
When the scien tist nds t hat l ines o f rad iant matter
constitute t h e medium through whi c h ligh t comes from
'
h av e had a part to per form that they have but slight capa
bi l i t i e s o f performin g .
power .
P OW E R .
, _
/
,
RAD IAN T MA TTER AND MECH A N I C A L PO W ER .
F R OM W H E N C E R O C! S .
the growin g
tions o f life
The great pyramids o f E gypt we are
.
,
told , are fo rmed o f stones which o w e their o rigin to th e
chalk shells o f minute an imals The sto nes of wh ich nearl y
.
c u bic foot .
Th e limesto ne o f the Tren to n peri o d was
evidently an involutio n of matter from m o l u s c a n l ife
"
.
s h ells ,
trilobites and corals while the surfaces of the
,
FROM W HENCE Roo ks . 209
slaty lay ers are frequently thickly strewn with the delicate
fo rms of graptolites etc In P ennsylvan ia th e formation
, .
have been slowly buil t up under the play o f the same radi
ant forms of energy that n ow characterize t h e radian t belt
of mech anically working forces so that the question
remains un answered respecting the whence of these vast
deposits of m atter R ad ian t matter an d a n l ma l an d veg
.
Nebu l ous matter here cuts n o gure star dust and com
,
-
,
:
,
tion this entire p roblem o f t h e for ce s o f ma tter as we ma y
,
,
'
.
the po w er of attraction The measure o f th is power is
.
,
D i rectly as mass and inversely as the squares of dis
tance from their several cen ters these bodies act upon
,
ter H ence we here call at ten tion t o the fact that all
.
,
R .
F OR M A ND M OT I O N OF PL A N E T S D E T E RM I N E
TH E IR OR I G I N .
i mparted to t h e earth s mass at creat ion upon the l ine o f a
tangent to its orbit i s at o nce changed to a broken l ine o f
motion and by the material energy o f attraction is con
,
inertia of matter or its proper t y o f passiveness
,
is at ,
pl a n ets a ro un d t ne s un r ev ea l a con s ta n t en er
gy o f re
p u ls i on e
q ua
f
l t o tae sun s en er
gy o a t t r a ct i o n .
21 6 .
No w we nd no d i fculty in c o n c e 1 v 1 n g of a l l t h e plan 7 -
t i
r ca l c u r re n y with them a power that n o ingenuity o f
t ca rr
constituting great oo ds of power a l w a v s owi n g towards
attract ing cen ters o f matter o n radial li n es or around s uc h
,
things of cr e ati o n .
"
n o ticed a r e oods o f e lectrical powe r that constitute t h e
,
"
i n g i n a s e a of e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c f o r c e s
-
. The li nes o f
forc e that constitute the p ower of the magnet reveal their ,
,
220 FOR M A ND MO TI ON OF PLANE T S .
The interchanging l o c a l d i s t ur b a n c e s betwee n attractio n
an d repulsio n 1 n the chan g ing states o f matte r upon the
selves with the atom and the worl d o f atoms alike mar ,
no t fro m these bod ies but these bodies are from t h e forces .
electro magnet s
A s solid matter takes o n form so does
.
of d istan ce
W e desire to extend thought into and across the eld o f
sensibl e m ea s ures that are m apped out by the material
fo rce curren ts o f sun and planets as vast m agn ets It is .
ing wastes a t tendant upon Nature s methods of work our ,
.
, , , ,
:
par t of th e day with the m o tion reversed in th e southern
hem i sphere .
This var i ation of the n eedle must arise from the var i a
tion o f the mag n etic curren ts of the ear t h inuenced b y
,
,
where the mat h e ma ticians saw ce n t ers o f force att racti n g
FORM A ND MO TI ON OF PLANE T S . 223
,
224 FORM AND MO TI ON OF PL ANE T S .
paths across such rad ial lines with a strength equal to the
"
strength of magnetic or g r a v i t a l attraction stored u p in t h e
sol id nucleus o f the plan etary body The system of ele c
.
oods o f l ight passin g between the eart h and sun cou p led ,
with the cross oods o f elec trical curren ts that estab l ish .
The condition o f the substratum of all radian t actio n
is positively x e d i n the metallic lin es o f magnetic phenom
L I FE A ND R A D I A N T M A T T ER .
,
'
pre serves such iden tity in the midst of the widest diversity .
These all w ait upon the light an d recei ve their sustenance
i n due seaso n The statemen t o f the law o f gra vitation
.
E ach obj ect attract s and is attracted by every o ther obj ect
within its eld o f inuence or within its magnetic eld
'
c u rrents .
228 L I FE A ND R A D IA N T MATTER .
work .
life but we make our statements leavin g them wi t h t h e
,
E VO L U T I ON OF L I FE .
accuracy .
.
,
a s fa c t o r s
,
recognize the n ecessity o f their un icat ion in to
the elementary substances of the chemist that have been
det e cted and numbered as the sixty four elementary sub
-
fro m un
~
by a sovereign energy o f at trac t ion a n d r e pu l
l i ke s
sion that ch aracterizes the behav i or of elemen tary curren ts
m olecular structures a n l z e s are bound together by l a t e r a l
~
.
veal their strength in all cases o n rad ial lines leading t o and -
'
-
The initial cen te rs o f magnetic attraction are always
f ound a t ion poin ts at which creative work begins and the ,
16
23 4 EVOLU TI ON OF L I FE .
st ructures .
W hat we n ow call g r o w t h w a s at t h e beginn i n g Na t u re s i
'
'
n ity .
o
.
,
and negative element ary atoms are as poten t i n their a i n f
E V OLU TI ON OF L I FE . 37
e tc
.
,
are u nities The life of the inn itesimal germ of t h e
.
-
.
un ity o f l ife and lik e ness bet ween th e growin g plan t and
t he g erm o f seed life within the plan t amid t h e u n n u m
-
,
e t a r y o rbi t s ,
so all of g erm l ife nds its b egin ning i n t h e
-
EVOLU T I ON OF L I FE . 23 9
creation begi n with the atoms o f the sixty four substan ces -
,
t e n cie s .
,
matt er ow together under stron g elect ive or chemi cal
afnities then as n o w heat is generated ligh t is evolve d
, ,
series o f l ife s work t h e steps of ea ch o rder of progression
a r e r i g i dly conse c utive from t h e simp l est organ ism to t h e
,
an assim ilatio n Of the rudiment ary or l ess com plex for ms,
o f org a n ic li fe .
EVOLU TI ON OF L I FE . 24 ]
pass into the del icate l ife curren ts that ow th rou g h the
l iV i n g structure addi n g cel l to cell per fecti n g bud a n d
, ,
which the rocks and minerals are built Thus the seem
"
food are derived d irectl y from earth and sun These ele .
th e seed germ-
.
the earth curren ts from the rootlets and the life o f the tree
-
,
is a t once weakened and soo n destroyed The ow of the .
.
, ,
'
T E S TI M ON Y O F TH E S P E C T RUM .
'
l e d us to the co n cl usi o n that out o f these must have
T ES TI MONY OF THE SPEC T RUM .
the wan ts o f m an
. .
'
log i cal necessity and the ulti mates o f matter were reached
,
-
c reative work .
relig ious co n viction o f its trench ing o n h o l y g r o u u d
.
r a c ul o u s d ivine a gen cy has seemed to say t O u s al l
-
,
TESTI MON Y OF T HE SPEC T RUM . 249
sun light with its omn ipoten t building energy has been
, ,
'
d epend in g upon the great body o f the sun for its en ergy ,
17
250 T ES TI MON Y OF TH E SPEC T RU M .
'
'
i On an d in a state of i g n i t i On a n d combustion
_
.
In the matter deposited by lightning o n houses and o n
t rees which have been struck b y it he has found i r On sul
,
'
earth .
eral lines It had acquired an acid tas te an d a redd ish
.
The m
,
"
that iron e xists in s pace ; an d it is well kn o wn that the
same metal m ixed with magnesia nitrous salts and organ i c
, ,
The pla n etary bod ies that are n o w sweeping space with
(
n o
p o l i s,t s
g ather all lesser bodies to themselves The .
d i r e c t l y to their upbuilding .
This l eads
T O the work of considering spectrum anal ys i s as
2 .
The spectrosc ope re veals j us t what the chemist in his
laboratory co uld have proph esi e d if he had given to elec .
could unlock Nature s secrets that he h ad n ot b e f o r e po s '
sesse d The very force with which Nature had buil t was
.
indigo an d viole t .
material structu e r
The red rays are called the heating
.
'
tween the poles O f a powerful vol t aic batt ery zin c gives a ,
.
m
,
, ,
t
-
.
a c t e r i s t i c ban ds of all
A n other import a n t fact mus t be
.
.
T ESTI MON Y OF THE SPEC T RUM . 25 7
n e s i u m sodi u m
, ,chromiu m etc are found in the solar
,
.
,
-
, ,
i n all wo r lds.
degree b etween stars and e arth for in S tar light the pres,
-
with Nature s great law equivale n ts Neither is it consist .
,
b o th sun an d planets ?
and if so the gra n d work o f buil d
,
ing upon all o f the bodies o f the solar system must come
the builder .
S teele in his text book on chemistry -
s ays The sun , ,
the sun s inuence in the solar s y stem d oes n o t s e e m j us t ,
S U N A ND PL A NE TS . A R E T H E Y I N H A BIT E D
, _
'
ble electr i cal con nection with the en c ircled iro n core and
charged wire an induced curren t would be made to pass
,
elect rical curren t in the battery wire Thus b y a simple .
,
ing electrical scien ce for the last half cen t ury have been
,
attained and yet there has b een among our best scien t i s ts
,
264 M IN .
:
,
M agnetic b odi es ?
ate them .
,
'
-
.
a deq u ate conc e ptio ns of the sun s magnitude and powe r ,
T h e immense size o f th e su n s body affords ample scope
for the variety o f structure needed
-
.It f urnishes m aterial
f o r th e large s t d isplay a n d grandest variety of surface
These furnish the grand cond itions of l ife and growt h ,
eight tides o f for ces come t o the sun s body as retard ing
forc e s that must be overcome by the revolving stre n gth o f
his intern al magnetic forc es wh ich a r e strengthened by the
.
body reveals .
would require a j o u r n e y of
_
, miles and then that ,
With this Vie w of the immense organ ism o f the sun ,and
with the pr i n c ml e s o f illu min atio n as presen ted in th ese
papers we gain t h e grandest conceptions possibl e of the
,
cond itions of li f e i n t h e bro ad exp anse o f the su n s elds
o f perenn ial verdure a n d its gro ves and forests of u h
,
.
conceptions o f m a j e s t y a n d b e a u t v
'
the pare n t sun has retained a suppl y from which they have
been drawing for all the purposes o f life and mo tion for
planet s .
heat and mo isture are the lead ing elemen ts o f force i n the
product i on of the v a r i Ou s order s o f life The el e ments o f
.
p lay ,
-
as they a r e in the combi n atio ns of the atmospher e ,
SUN AND PL A NE T S . 27 3
The planet s relat ive position as to n earness to the sun
.
, ,
p h e r e o f the mountains
.
. .
'
summer and the cold polar win ter when for weeks toge t h e r
,
SU N AND PLANE T S .
so th e ligh t and heat energy o f the plan ets are the reser
v 0 1 r s of energ y that dete rmine their supplies o f warmt h
and illumination .
bein g inhabited .
having such un ity they are fash i o ned under the same laws
,
E T E R N A L F OR C E S : M I ND A N D M A TTE R .
w ith wh ich they mov e thr ough body and wei g h their i h
,
, ,
_
a
of creation .
f o r c e s a r o u n d i t an d with in it t ouch ing each atom W i th a
, ,
g ran d treas ury O f Nature s creativ e e lements O f l i fe a n d
stre n gth ; and t hat fro m these the work of a l l the gran d
'
a n d planets it is e asy to trace the wo n der ful presence o f
,
thing upo n all globes that b uilds itself into ever y for m o f
evolvin g mat ter a n d every form o f life gro wth on land and -
28 2 ET E R NAL F ORCES : MI N D AN D M A T TE R .
'
, , , ,
so much interest .
not ,
like t he poten tiality of matt e r always g Ov e r n e d b y a n ,
'
from the germ o f the beginn ing to the compl eted realiza
tion o f the possible I n such perfec t io n of o rder and
.
,
w ith such potency o f e ner g y as we nd in creation s works
O f G o d as the c row n ing excelle ncy o f a l l an d a l l "
orders o f being .
g lo r y o f c r i
e a t o n 5 un i v e rs a l wo rk , i s to pr epare pa l aces ,
,
.
,
ir i t i -
.
t
p a e o u
y
f o r pursu i n g it with more tr ust a n d clearer convic t i ons
t han we might otherwise gai n .
.
E TERN A L F O R CES : MI N D AND MA TT ER . 28 5
He n ry , t h a t
\
by uni t ing the surroundin g wire with the gal
v a n i c battery it was i n stan tly e n dowed with a power ca a
p
ble of liftin g m ore than two thousand pounds O ur .
the wires o f the battery whose stre n gth was a xed deter
,
.
, ,
'
cies o f matter .
forces . But are we here con fro nted wit h the re l igi o us
sceptic who has materialized both G od and heaven a n d
,
a sked ,
H o w c an the se things be ? we retur n the a n swer
,
cling t o t h eir re l igious creeds saying these are realities ,
from the sun thi rty times greater tha n that o f the earth .
MI ND A ND M A T T E R .
,
.
planets .
f rom the earth s inclination to the plane of her orbit ,
footstool .
C ON T E NT S .
C HAP T ER I .
La w s an d M od e s of Mo t i on
C HAP T ER II .
F i rs t T h i n g s 20 48
C HAP T ER III .
Th e My s t e r i e s o f the M ag n e t .
C H AP T ER I V .
G r a v i t a t i on 6 1 67
T ER V
C HAP .
G r a v i t a t i on an d P lan e t ary M ot i on
C HAP T ER V I .
C HAP T ER V II .
He a t , Li g h t an d Li f e 94 1 1 1
C HAP T ER V I II .
1 1 2 1 21
C HAP TER IX .
F o ur t h St a t e of M at t e r 1 22 1 24
C HAP T ER X .
1 25 1 3 1
C HAP TER XI .
N a t u re s M e t ho d s i n C r e a t i on 1 32 1 35
C HAPT ER XII .
A t t r a c t i on a n d i n G rav i
t a t i on . 1 36 1 43
29 2 CON T EN T S .
CH A P T ER XI II .
S o urce s o f L i g h t an d H e at
C HAP T ER XI V .
Li gh t as a B ml d e r 1 57 4 6 5
C HAP T ER X V .
S ci e n t i c R e v e lat i on s 1 66 1 80
C HAP T ER X V I .
Th e U ns e e n Worl d .
1 81 1 %
C HAP TER X V II .
L at e n t S e ns i b l e P ow e r
an d . 1 87 4 95
C HAP T ER XV III .
R a d i a n t M at t e r a n d M e ch an i ca l P o w e r 1 96 20 7
C H A P T ER XIX .
r o m Wh e n c e R o ck s
F 20 8 2 1 4
C HAP TER XX .
F orm '
~
d
an M ot i on
of P l an e t s D e t e r m i n e Th e i r
O ri g i n
C HAPTER XXI .
Li f e an d R a d i a nt M at t e r
C HAP TER XXII .
E vo l u t i on of Li f e
C HAP T ER XXIII .
T e s t i mon y of th e S pe ct rum . 24 7 26 1
C HAP T ER XXI V .
S un a n d P l a n e t s . A re T h e y In h a b i t e d ?
A P T ER XX V
CH .
E t e rn a l F orce s : Mi n d a n d M a t t e r 27 7 2w