36 SPECIAL CREATION 



charge of gun powder possesses energy for it is cap- 

 able of doing work in exploding ; a Ley den jar, charged 

 with electricity possesses energy, for it is capable of 

 doing work in being discharged.' -(Encyc. Brit. (9 

 ed.) 8, pp. 205-206, "Energy.") 



"Force is that which affects the motion of mat- 

 ter." (Encyc. Brit. (9 ed.) 7, p. 581, "Dynamics.") 



"The conclusion, which appears inevitable,' it 

 says on another page, "is that whatever matter may 

 be the other reality in the physical universe, energy, 

 which is never found unassociated with matter, de- 

 pends, in all its widely varied forms upon motion of 

 matter." (Encyc. Brit. (9 ed.) 15, p. 748, "Me- 

 chanics.") 



The sense of the above quotation is this : There 

 are two realities in the physical universe: (1) mat- 

 ter, whatever it may be; (2) energy, which is always 

 associated with matter. Energy "depends, in all its 

 varied forms, upon motion of matter.' For example, 

 let us suppose that we have three balls, designated 

 as A, B, C, resting on a table in a straight line, one 

 inch apart. Suppose that I strike A and drive it 

 against B, that B strikes and moves C. In this case 

 my arm moves and generates energy or force, which 

 moves A against B, and B against C. The motion 

 of my arm is the force which moves A ; the motion of 

 A is the force which moves B, and the motion of B is 

 the force which moves C. Thus, we have demonstrated 

 that energy or force generates motion ; and that mo- 

 tions produces force; that is, that each is convertible 

 into the other. 



* ' Motion ' ' is denned as * * change of place ; transi- 



