Appendix 59 



the direction in which electric charges should travel, because space 

 is filled, and units can only move as a result of a process of decom- 

 position. This force of decomposition is that of the male element 

 and is that which is known as " surface energy." This energy 

 forces particles to move in definite direction, and this is proven by 

 Quincke, who says, " Under the influence of surface tension, thin- 

 flowing, oil-like lamellae form spheres, bubbles, spherical foam- 

 walls, and under some conditions spiral surfaces. Solid thin lamellae 

 curl up together into a hollow cylinder or hollow sphere. Lamellae 

 of very sticky oily fluid lie between them, acting like thin solid 

 lamellae, and curling up into a hollow cylinder, or hollow sphere, 

 which then gradually subdivides into spherical bubbles like a fluid 

 tube, or else forms swellings and constrictions." 



This description of the formation of the gel skeleton shows the 

 same phenomenon as is continually taking place in bacterial growths. 

 The " swellings and constrictions are descriptive of the " Involution 

 Forms " of bacterial growths. 



The hollow spheres are such because two oppositely-moving fields 

 of particles are engaged in building up the spheres, and the interior 

 of every spherical cell must begin as- a " hollow sphere," because 

 inside of the sphere is contained the gases as " internal oxidation 

 process." 



The spiral surface, as described by Quincke, shows the force that 

 caused one-fourth of the whole mass of matter comprising the 

 Solar System to break up into individual parts, as the " stars," and 

 we find the same process of spiral formation by bacteria, breaking 

 down into Rods and finally into spheres. (Plate i, fig. 5). 



The bacteriologists do not agree as to the hollow condition of 

 the spherical bacteria cell, a majority believing it to be hollow. 

 Some are hollow and others must contain the gaseous internal 

 values broken up into parts, which are sometimes found to resemble 

 granules when stained. The staining matter forces the contents 

 into centres as granules, through the force of plasmolysis. 



This division of the mass into parts explains the association of 

 different minerals in definite parts of the earth. Their accumulation 

 makes up a magnetic " field of gaseous electricity " forced into a 

 compact mass. Bismuth is a very good substance to illustrate this 

 accumulation force in nature. Native bismuth crystallizes in the 

 cubic system, but is also found massive, granular, reticulated (net- 

 work), and arborescent. These five conditions prove its origin 

 under the decomposition of the six primal stages through the five 

 different combinations between magnetism and electricity. Bismuth 

 is found associated with different elements, such as iron, silver, 

 lead, zinc, cobalt, copper, arsenic, etc. It is almost as common as 

 iron in association with centres of mineral deposits. 



There are also six different compounds of bismuth, showing its 

 origin as "parts" in the six stages of primal accumulation. Its 

 association with sulphur and iron is very suggestive of its origin. 



As a mineral arising as a centre in a great indivisible mass of 



