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connected with the chemical constitution of the proteids composing 

 the living protoplasm (cf. Chap. Ill and V), and intensified by the 

 respiration process (cf. the following chapter). 



Grant Allen in his admirable treatise " Force and Energy " 

 gives the following " Table of kinetic energies:" 



Separative. 



Separative 

 molar motion. 

 (In a body raised 

 from the earth's 

 surface). 



Separative 

 molecular 

 motion. 

 (In a body torn 

 apart). 



Separative 

 atomic motion. 



(In chemical 

 decomposition). 



Separative 

 electrical 

 motion. 

 (In an electrical 

 machine). 



Aggregative. 



Aggregative 

 molar motion. 

 (In a falling 

 body). 



Aggregative 

 molecular 

 motion. 

 (In a body cool- 

 ing)- 



Aggregative 

 atomic motion. 



(In chemical 

 combination). 



Aggregative 

 electrical 

 motion. 

 (In lightning). 



Continuous. 



Continuous 

 molar motion. 

 (In a top or in 

 a planet). 



Continuous 

 molecular 



motion. 

 (Motion in 

 heat). 



Continuous 

 atomic motion 

 UnknownM) 



Continuous 

 electrical 

 motion. 

 (In magnet). 



Now, the energy produced by continuous atomic motion, for 

 which Allen could not cite an example, must be identical with 

 that displayed by atoms in labile position. The foremost ex- 

 ample of such energy is represented by Plasmic Energy. 



Chapter VII. 

 Respiration. 



Philosophers who have recognised respiration as the princi- 

 pal foundation for all the other vital functions have frequently 

 compared the living organism with a machine using coal ; in 

 both cases a liberation of energy by combustion and the applica- 

 tion of more or less of it for various useful performances are 

 taking place. This comparison, however, is only admissible 



(1) The italics are mine. 



