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of time, the destroyed and eliminated semiatomic forces 

 are replaced by the immanent genetic powers inherent to 

 the substantial water and zinc : oxide of zinc is formed and 

 deposited on one side, and hydrogen is liberated on the 

 other, while the amount of water and zinc are each reduced 

 by an atom. Each succeeding infinitesimal unit of time 

 witnesses a repetition of the like operations, until the mate- 

 rial is exhausted or the system clogged by the accumulat- 

 ing debris. 



The union of two semiatomic forces into an atom is thus 

 effected. The semiatomics, when entering into action 

 (fig. 42), each take on the spherical form (a, a'), and pull 

 outwards from the centre : those forces directed towards 

 each other meet and destroy themselves at the junction of 

 the diameters, while their mutual oppositely directed 

 equals pull the outer hemispheres into coalescence. 



When several elements are offered at once for decompo- 

 sition, as in the case of the food introduced into the stomach 

 for digestion, consisting mainly of the four elements carbon, 

 hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen (C H N), yet further mingled 

 with the salivary and gastric secretions, there arrives a 

 double recomposition, separating the' proteide compounds 

 from the useless portions of the ingesta ; both of which 

 substances are carried onwards (recollect the demonstra- 

 tion of the production of motion) by the abundant supply 

 of force eliminated from such rich materials, the former 

 towards the ultimate points of their utilization, the latter 

 to the point of expulsion from the system. Other substances, 

 chalk, salt, iron, sulphur, phosphorus, in small proportions, 

 must yet have access to the digestive organs, and submit, 

 along with the essential constituent protein, to the chylo- 

 poietic operations of the intestinal canal. Strained through 

 the lieberkuhn follicles and mesenteric glands, this com- 

 post takes the form of chyle (milk), passes on in the lac- 

 teal tubes, and reaches the cavities of the heart, mingles 



