The atmosphere of the Earth. 



We have been engaged in examining various cosmic 

 phenomena which take place in terrestrial atmosphere, 

 and the question what is the nature and function of that 

 air can now no longer be deferred. 



Scientists are all agreed that atmosphere consists of 

 four gases azote or nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen and 

 carbon; but my assertion is that besides these gases re- 

 main three more, hitherto unrecognized; elements corres- 

 ponding to the sense of conciousness, sight and catalepsy, 

 signifying by this word the loss of sensation and con- 

 sciousness experienced in sleep and swoon. If this is so 

 the total number is nature's strange symbol seven. 



When we begin to analyse the nature of atmospheric 

 gases we see easily that our earth's air is fundamentally 

 nitrogenic. Azote presses on the ground with a force of 

 16 Ib. to the square inch; azote is the cause of the winds; 

 azote produces the barometrical maximum and the baro- 

 metrical minimum; we are indebted to azote for the 

 exchange of matter upon our planet; azote builds up the 

 vegetable kingdom, in a word everywhere on every side 

 we are supplied with evidences of the fact that this gas 

 is the chief factor in all the productive force of our 

 atmosphere. 



Scientists recognize in the nature of our globe an 

 intrinsic centripetal attraction, and it is only when we 

 examine the natural conditions of nitrogen gas that we 

 begin to doubt not only the necessity for but also the 

 existence of the centripetal principle in nature. We have 

 seen that azote builds up the vegetation of the earth, 



