Ether and Energy in Evolution of Matter 



The element phosphorus, in many respects as typical for 

 organisms as carbon, though present at times in minute quan- 

 tity, is also present in all typical granites but only to the extent 

 of fo to 20 of one per cent, and so has been omitted from the 

 above table. 



A second feature of granitic composition is the important 

 part which oxygen plays, in that it is a constituent of all of 

 the granite components, and is the energizing element that 

 would further cause these to enter into new combinations. 



As bearing on the formation alike of crystalloid and of colloid 

 bodies, and their subsequent presence in organic tissues, it 

 may be convenient here to present, in tabular form, data re- 

 garding the earth's crust. From comparative study of the 

 substances entering into its composition, it is found that oxygen 

 and silicon make up by far the largest percentage proportion. 

 Thus oxygen, mth atomic weight 16, constitutes about 50 

 per cent.; silicon, with atomic weight 28, constitutes about 27 

 per cent, of the entire mass; or these two together represent 

 about 77 per cent, of its bulk. The subjoined table of the 

 six most abundant nonmetals and of the six most abundant 

 metals, with the atomic weight of each, graphically sets forth 

 the preponderating importance of the twelve in the construc- 

 tion of the earth as a whole, since together they make up fully 

 99 per cent, of it. 



These again, as already set forth for granite, enter primarily 

 into union with oxygen to form oxides. The next table sets 

 forth F. W. Clarke's average results of the analysis of 830 



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