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(7) Hydrogen and the cosmic pioneers then become a 



trap for wandering bodies that tend to be stopped 

 and converted into dense nebula?. 



(8) These dense nebula? tend to attract surrounding gas; 



they cool and shrink, some ultimately forming solid 

 bodies. 



(9) These bodies, by mutual attraction, give density to 



the new cosmic system. 



(10) Such systems are of the first order. 



(11) The impact of systems of the first order produces 



systems of the second order. 



(12) Any other impacts produce systems of the third order, 



of which our galactic system is a type. 



(13) The coalescence of two cosmic systems does not neces- 



sarily, as a final result, produce a system of a larger 

 mass than the two original systems from which it 

 was formed, as many agencies are tending to send 

 matter out of the coalesced mass. 



(14) It is thus seen that dissipation of energy is but a 



part of a complex cyclical process ; and there is 



consequently the possibility of an immortal cosmos 



in which we have neither evidence of a beginning 



nor promise of an end, the present being but a phase 



of an eternal rhythm. 



The accompanying diagrammatic scheme illustrates these 



agencies. It must be noted that bodies and systems are 



printed in italic capitals; and where several such are one 



above another it implies sequence of phenomena. 



XVIII. On some Effects of Twist on the Thermo-electric 

 Qualities of Iron. By K. Tsuruta (Tokyo, Japan), in 

 Gottingen* . 



THIS formed one of my old subjects of investigation, in 

 fact, should have formed the continuation of my papers 

 published in the ' Journal of the College of Science, Imperial 

 University, Tokyo/ In 1892 some preliminary experiments, 

 and in 1895 the present series of experiments, were carried 

 out ; but as my methods had to be improved upon, and the 

 results then obtained appeared likely to be corrected in some 

 or other points, I refrained from having them published along 

 with the others. Up to this day, however, I have not been able, 

 and still at present I see no prospect of being able, to execute 

 my intention. On the other hand there have lately come to 

 my knowledge some papers dealing with somewhat allied 

 * Communicated by the Author. 



