HEAT AND COLD. 



acting on the gases from without rendered the water 

 supply all over the earth's surface, with the exception 

 of the oceans, a matter of contact with the mists. The 

 mists taking up the heat from the earth and imparting 

 same to the cold of space. So the cooling process oc- 

 casioned by the heavy wrapped mists about the earth 

 from the period of last deluge until the cooling of high 

 points was very slow. And the period of last deluge 

 must have been very distant, when the high points of 

 earth's surface became reduced in temperature so as to 

 admit of the precipitation of water in the form of rain 

 as we see to-day. 



During the period when life was generated, the 

 mists were- heavy enough to guarantee all forms of life 

 sufficient water through contact with same. The con- 

 tact with the mists caused the pores to take up water 

 and other properties which were precipitated with same 

 upon the surface of the bodies. The mists were an aid 

 in bringing about life by keeping the temperature con- 

 stant; by secluding the action of the sun from direct 

 contact with the waters. The mists hanging about the 

 earth were partly transformed into the various com- 

 pounds during this period. As this was the period of 

 the greatest amount of compounds coming into being. 

 Compounds taking oxygen and hydrogen from the com- 

 pound of steam existing in the form of mists, and com- 

 pounding same with other properties. The mists dur- 

 ing the period of the generation of life also prevented 

 the cold from acting on the surface of the earth, there- 

 by guaranteeing even temperatures of constant, in con- 



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