THE ENERGY OF THE LIVING PROTOPLASM. 
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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 
UnknownA 1 ) 
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. 
