ABC's of Science

From the opening

6. Each of the foregoing have life, and by cooperating with each other produce life that flourishes.

7. There being as many different kinds of Magnetism as there are matter which is beyond the strength of human to classify.

8. The supreme power of Nature had no beginning so it has no end; its life is indestructible.

[Figures: Five line-drawings, captioned as follows. "Comet of 1881, the year Mother Shipton prophecied the Earth to come to an end." "Comet of 1744." "Comet of 1857." "Biela's comet discovered in 1827. returned at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 it returned split, returned in 1852, but never appeared since." "Saturn."]

1. Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material life. The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.

2. The material is in perfect bodies, imperfect bodies, and unconcentrated material.

5. Unconcentrated material called Milky Ways, and rings such as are around Saturn.

6. The unmaterial life currents run in every conceivable manner. I will call the currents carrying constellation sun currents, planet currents, planetoid currents, moon currents, and comet currents, respectively.

7. Saturn is the only body we know which has an unconcentrated obsequious attendant. Such rings may appear around constellations, planets, moons, etc.

These rings can be accounted for in two ways,--first, the material never being concentrated; second, by two or more bodies coming together and throwing the bodies into atoms.

8. Suck, or Nebula, currents form in the Milky ways (the same as two or more currents of air coming together and making a whirlwind), which concentrates the material into bodies, thus forming constellations and comets; also rings such as are around Saturn.

If a constellation is formed its current is called sun current, and here it continues to whirl with all its subordinate currents, planet, planetoid, and moon.

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