DISPLACEMENT 



DEFINITIONS OF THE SENSE IN WHICH 

 EXPRESSIONS ARE USED. 



1. Matter is that which fills space in the Uni- 



verse. 



2. Force is that which causes change in matter. 



3. A wave is a passage of material from one 



place to another place, and a return of all 

 the matter composing that wave to the 

 original place. 



4. Void is the absence of organization. 



5. Form is the peculiar relative position of the 



last possible subdivisions of the material 

 composing a body. 



6. A primary sphere is the last possible subdi- 



vision of all material a perfect sphere of 

 indestructible identity yet equal in size 

 and in every other respect to every other 

 primary sphere in the Universe. 



7. An atom is composed of four or more pri- 



mary spheres, which in their peculiar 

 forms constitute a secondary identity, the 

 last possible subdivision of elementary sub- 

 stances. 



8. Molecules are the compound of two or more 



atoms, which, in their peculiar form, consti- 

 tute the last possible division of a chemical 

 compound. 



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