IDENTICAL CHANGES 



Because the atom of iron interlocks strongly it 

 is evident that the atom of iron has very marked 

 pertuberances, and most likely the atom of coal 

 lies crossways of the iron atom in steel. And the 

 melting point of steel is much lower than the melt- 

 ing point of iron, because it does not take near so 

 much expansion to disengage the knobs. 



The combination of the three magnetic sub- 

 stances, Iron and carbon in steel, with nickel in 

 nickel steel, shows remarkable tenacity and very 

 little expansion under given degrees of heat. 

 Again, Iron and Carbon can be welded, either com- 

 bined or each by itself. Iron and carbon constitute 

 the major portion of meteors, and carbon seems to 

 enter into most of the drugs that greatly affect 

 the brain. 



Evidently then there is in the form of these 

 atoms some peculiarity which makes them different 

 from other atoms. 



No atom can be penetrated by Primary Spheres 

 because the Spheres constituting every atom are 

 Primary Spheres in closest contact. 



Therefore, any stream of void matter, flowing in 

 any possible direction, with any velocity whatever, 

 must affect any and every substance alike; as is 

 the case in inertia, and in strict relation to mass; 

 unless there is within the atom itself and from 

 thence to further combinations of several atoms a 

 capability to engage that stream in a variety of 

 ways. Because Gravity affects atoms as atoms in 

 strict relation to Mass, therefore, the necessary 

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