MECHANISM OF NATURE 



finally resolve themselves, in every case, to the unit 

 of all force, the space vacated by a Primary Sphere 

 in changing from void to organized matter. 



But electricity may be in a manner stored up; 

 the glass rod will attract after the rubbing has 

 ceased, and our storage battery will retain its 

 charge for a long time. It is evident then that 

 there is a change the atoms, or higher organizations 

 of substances, undergo in electricity. And if elec- 

 tricity is the result of an abnormal flow of void 

 matter, a storing up of that condition can consist 

 only in making the cause of the abnormal flow 

 permanent. That this is accomplished by some 

 turning around of the atoms of a substance seems 

 likely, even as it seems to be the case in a per- 

 manent magnet. 



The charging of a storage battery does not 

 change its cellular construction, nor its chemical 

 composition, nor yet its bulk or mass. 



It were preposterous to suppose that electricity 

 could be drawn out of the storage battery, like wine 

 out of a barrel, a little at a time, if that electricity 

 had no connection with material. But if the par- 

 ticles of the storage battery are altered in their 

 relative position by electricity, then they must be 

 altered one after another, and in the withdrawal 

 of electricity one particle after another must re- 

 sume its normal position. 



How a change of ends of atoms, on any altera- 

 tion in position relative to one another or the 

 whole mass or common centre, can necessitate a 

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