10 THEORY OF LIGHT. 



that of the highest (oxygen), exercises for the time no power 

 of polarity whatever. 



18. That to equalise the density and pressure of the mok- 

 cules of LIGHT, in the radiant and visible state, the oxygen 

 occupies 16 parts in weight, the nitrogen 14 parts, and the 

 hydrogen 1 part, in each spherical molecule. See No. 6, 

 Plate IV. 



19. That when, however, a compound molecule of light is 

 relieved from the consequent pressure and polar attraction of a 

 direct emanating ray emitted by a luminous body, it is by 

 the expansion of its compound elements, (proportional to their 

 natural densities in volume,) UTTERLY CHANGED, exhibiting 

 one negative and two positive poles, in such angular positions 

 on its spherical surfaces, as to produce, under such circum- 

 stances, REPULSIVE forces which occasion its complete insu- 

 lation. See No. 5, Plate IV. 



20. That the separation of the individual original constituents 

 of light, by division of each compound molecule, constitutes the 



ELECTRICAL, GALVANIC, and MAGNETIC forces. 



21. That the system of GRAVITATION is imputable solely to 

 the separation of the ELEMENTS of LIGHT, and the accumula- 

 tion of one species, the positive (oxygen) in excess, in a certain 

 relative space or hemisphere, while the negative (nitrogen and 

 hydrogen) occupy the other hemisphere, and they both form the 

 electric and magnetic envelope of our globe. 



22. That the position of the positive electrical hemisphere is 

 always OPPOSITE the SUN, and that the negative hemisphere is 

 deprived of the light of that luminary. But that our Earth, in 

 its diurnal rotation, is always changing position, and that the 

 portion of its surface which occupied the positive electrical 

 hemisphere in the DAY, passes through the negative electrical 

 hemisphere during the night. 



23. That such transitions occasion the continuous electrical 

 currents through our earth, which perform the accustomed 

 operations of NATURE. 



