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polar in a, (liamao;netic manner; tlie water is chan2:ed 

 as a medium to transmit light, for a ray in its passage 

 through 'it is twisted in a definite way, under this influ- 

 ence, not seen in water not under magnetic power. We 

 can legitimately imagine that the molecules have l)een 

 marshalled by this new force into other positions, but the 

 liorc and 'wliy are matters for speculation, yet, in this phe- 

 nomenon is a strong inferential proof of the change mag- 

 netism makes in the position of the ultimate elements of 

 water. This mov^ement or change is even more striking 

 in solid bodies. Boyle, in his tract on "The Languid 

 Motion of Bodies," shows that even compact bodies, 

 sucli as turquoise and agate stones change in their 

 molecules, and that spots in them shift their relative 

 positions continually. The platlna of antiquarians 

 found on ancient coins is only the copper of the alloy 

 having found its way to the surface during centuries of 

 molecidar action. The other metals of the comliination 

 were not as active as the copper in the magnetic race. 

 The term inertia is a misnomer, for it is not a condition 

 of matter any where in universal nature. This elec- 

 trical state of motion and adliesion, can be observed in a 

 simple way, by the tenacity of surfaces in contact, 

 whether solid or liquid, and in the electricity evolved 

 on their separation. This is best seen if glass be laid 

 on the surface of mercury, or melted sul])hur lu'ought 

 in contact with glass. The same is seen in capiUary 

 attraction, which experiments have shown to he from 

 electrical results. These are evident in tlie minute 

 arteries, which are filled with arterial l)lood, surcharged 

 with oxygen, and that seeks with avidity the intersti- 

 tial sul)SL ices, satisfying the wants of the system, and 

 throuirh tlie veins carries the effete matter to the outlets 

 of the body, but were it not for this sul)tle agent there 

 would be stagnation and death. The same attraction 



