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"tinned. The constitution of the glass of the spectro- 

 scope, and it- effects also, sustain the same truth. 



13. The natural absolute vibrations of each of the 

 four different elements, in its functional relation with 



the others, are widely different. The special vibra- 

 tion of Hydrogen results in Blue sensation, or in a 

 state of cohesion that invariably produces Blue sensa- 

 tion. All color identifies the final vibration of a 

 special gas or gases. The special vibration of Phos- 

 phorus results in Incandescent sensation, or in pale 

 Yellow sensation, or in the Glitter of metals, or of 

 any cohered matter in the inorganic kingdom, or of 

 any organism within the higher kingdoms. Deep 

 Yellow sensation is a double vibration of Phosphorus 

 and Hydrogen, as seen in sulphur. An approach to 

 even vibrations of these two elements, or a condition 

 in which the vibrations of the Phosphorus are only 

 partially reduced by those of the Hydrogen, results in 

 Green sensation, or in cohered effects which can pro- 

 duce only degrees of this sensation. Nitrogen, either 

 in the atmosphere or in cohered matter, results in 

 Red sensation, or in a state of cohesion that can only 

 produce degrees of this effect. All recognition of 

 colors, either by method or sight, is in the absolute 

 only predominating vibrations of either of the four 

 gases, or complex vibrations of any or all of them, 

 which communicate their effects upon relative matter 

 in the atmosphere, through the eye, to the termini of 

 the optic nerve in the retina. Black sensation or 

 effects results from Carbon. On account of the 

 dangerous affinity between Phosphorus and Carbon, 

 the latter element is greatly lacking in the eye of the 

 animal kingdom. Consequently, the sensation 

 received from the element Carbon may be termed 

 either color or lack of color. The lachrymal secretion, 

 which is rich in Blue, stands guard over the violent 

 Phosphorus or Carbon-Phosphorus vibration in the 

 eye and atmosphere, and permits the act which is 



