EVIDENCE PROVING THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE 77 



To sum up then : All matter is atomic. There 

 is an indefinite number of species of atoms. Atoms 

 combine to form molecules (that is, they wrap over 

 each other), but only under the influence of Ether ; 

 as also under the influence of Ether do they become 

 dissociated and resolved into their constituents or 

 else into new combinations. Atoms and molecules 

 having different grades of affinities or potentialities, 

 there is a law of the strongest in the formation of 

 molecules under the influence of Ether ALL NATURE 

 is ALIVE. 



connection is made, the magnet pointed due north and south. Now 

 when an object, whatever it may be, is held a small distance from 

 the junction (or junctions as illustrated in the experiment fig. 6) 

 that is where the copper is twisted round the iron, then a deflection 

 (as the movement of the magnet is called) takes place, while if the 

 object is removed still further away from the junction (within certain 

 limits), the deflection is increased. 



When such a metallic combination or " couple," as it is called, is 

 made with certain metals, and is otherwise increased in the number 

 of junctions, it becomes what is called a " thermopile," and when the 

 magnet by a special arrangement is made more sensitive in its move- 

 ments from the north and south directions, and is inserted in a 

 similar coil of wire, it becomes what is termed a " galvanometer." 



Of course the instruments used in these experiments must be 

 very sensitive, otherwise the reaction is not obtained. The above is 

 merely to show the principle of the experiment.* 



* For a full description of the thermopile and the galvanometer see 

 'What is Heat?" 61. 



