98 THE ORIGIN OP CREATION. 



from which it had been produced ; because the earth contained 

 the same kind of material as that which composed the apple. 

 The tree kept the apple as long as it had the power to do so ; 

 but as soon as the attraction of the earth became more power- 

 ful than the tenacity or attraction of the tree, it fell. Sir 

 Isaac Newton's grand discovery about the law of gravitation, 

 may then merge into, or become a branch of, the more compre- 

 hensive and universal law of ATOMAGNETISM, for by the follow- 

 ing simple experiment, we prove the theory of gravitation to be 

 not universal. Take a bar of steel, not magnetised, and balance 

 it in the middle, then merely touch it with a powerful magnet, 

 to charge it with magnetism, and one end, that which attracts 

 the south point of the compass immediately falls. Can gravi- 

 tation explain this 1 No.- But atomagnetiam can, for the earth 

 being also a magnet, it attracts that pole of any other magnet, 

 which is the reverse of its own polarity. We at this part of the 

 earth north of the equator are placed far towards the north 

 pole, consequently the opposite or south pole of a magnet i 

 attracted to the earth. If the same bar is balanced anew, and 

 its whole polarity is again reversed, the other end will ialL 

 The experiment may be repeated again and again with the same 

 result. 



Sir Isaac Newton himself was evidently not satisfied with his- 

 discoveries, for he said : " To devise two or three general 

 principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell u 

 how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow 

 from those manifest principles, would be a great step in philo- 

 sophy." This we believe atomagnetism can do. 



Before closing this chapter, we would like to say a few words, 

 on the deviation of the compass in ships, for the loss of life and 



