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"up to 1872 it was almost universally believed 

 that there were three different kinds of energy ac- 

 tinic, luminous and thermal represented in the spec- 

 trum;" but he affirmed : " There is only one radiant 

 energy which appears to us as actinic, luminous or 

 thermal, according to the way we observe it. 



"Heat and light are not things in themselves, 

 but different sensations in our bodies, or different 

 effects in other bodies. They are merely effects of 

 this mysterious thing we call radiant energy." He 

 thus sustains my position and the electric theory 

 of creation, which is, that there is but one univer- 

 sal and ultimate energy which he calls radiant and 

 I call electric energy, and which are the same thing. 



It is said that an Italian physicist wrote in 1843 : 

 "Light is merely a series of colorific indications, 

 sensible ,to the organs of light, or vice versa; the 

 radiations of obscure heat are veritable invisible 

 radiations of light." This Langley, by his elaborate 

 researches, more refined and complex than all pre- 

 ceeding ones, proved to be true. Since so orthodox 

 a scientist as Langley has proven there is but one 

 energy, the other scientists may stumble over it 

 awhile and then accept it, because he is high au- 

 thority. 



Sir Oliver Lodge, in the "Electrical World," of 

 February 21st, 1903, sustains the electrical theory 

 strongly. He says : "All matter is electrical in its 

 nature. The difference between one kind of matter 

 and another lies in the physical and chemical prop- 

 erties of the atoms; but the difference between the 

 atoms is merely due to the difference of the electric 

 grouping of the atoms." 



He holds that the Thompson corpuscles are all elec- 



