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Magnetism.
BY RICHARD ADAMS 1ocys

known among our scientific men g.
his high ability and dfstinpuisbsd..U''
tainments, delivered a very in,oros., y
Lecture, at the Society Libr..m.ung
Thursday evening, upon the ns,sn vi
of Terrestrial Magnetism, on thu o.s'
present, and future condition Of r ,S'
world-embracing the thesis of the ~
tcrnate creation and dissolutien gu
natural bodies. He would first c.Il III :.
tention to The influence of Magnets
on the natural forms of creation. snI
then speak Of It's influence on their ~.
duction. The view of Magnetism wb;cb
was confined to its influence on tho r..
die, was BY far too narrow-for mo-.
substances than one are affected bv !,
When il exists in a free state a. n
iron, possessing regular Organization
and polarity. it exhibits only narrow
range Of comparatively well defined
phenomena. But all bodies really mos,
sess organized magnetism. and ,bei,
phenomena vary according 10 the differ.
ent characters Of their organization-
The best way 10 reach the whole suh.
ject is to consider what are the natural
forces Of the earth. OF one fact W.
are certain: that all motion must resvl,
tom hoo forces: we know no moth,
that is not The result Of two forces..I
All motion is either backward or 70. /
ward, upward or downward-or h.
tween the two, which is the same ibioc
| If there be force TO repel, there mus
also be force to attract, else there sill
be motion forever in one direction. and
no motion can exist without a Cause
The truth has been known for are.
but was first reduced 10 grand COST.
late by Sir Isaac Newton. Ii is n,
third law Of his Principal that TO every
action Tor motion) there is always On
opposite equal reaction or contrary
motion; or the natural action of two or. /
ces upon each other, or upon passive b. |
dy situated cqui-distanil between them,
is always equal. Thus we shall have
an eternity Of motion, unless there
should be some miracle TO stop it, SUP
pose, creation 10 20 on TO certain pc.
riod and then TO be destroyed--andI
then to be renewed again; through 4 !
perpetual series of alterations, the an.
cicnt symbol ihateternity was circle,
without beginning or end, would ts
strictly philosophical according 10 New.
tons Principal.
/ All the forms and notifications Of
matter are the results ot motion. How
should bodies be as they areas we Sc.
them in the forms OF plants, &C., ifther
had not been a motion of the particles
10 bring them where they are? Con
template the most simple action OF Two
forces upon matter in a free state. say
the action upon quantity of hydrOgH
OF the two wires o! the bat,iery2 0s
force repels. the other attracts: On
drives srom-the other pulls To- lsn
the necessary effect the products ION d
circlei Look al the natural forms Of |
the universe; you are all aware that (
they are circular, and might ask any
one Of you TO find Il third motion to pro
duce this form. Eviden,!y--cyeu 10
mathematical demonstralion--it mus
be circle and nothing. Blu, provided
one Of the forces prevail but little O
yer The olher-let the attraction pre-.
vail but a little over the rcpulsion, aly
that do we then havc2 The sides 0.
the circle would then accumulate, draw
10 themselves the other matter in space
and become a sphere. The marrow
ribin would become wider, would con.
tract at the edges, and thus we should
have n hollow sphere open q, both end,
until il was completed. A little aIlel-
ton 10 the celestial bodies, is sufficient
TO show that this has been the process
of the Divine hand in creation. Some
years ago, European astronomer an
nounced that he had seen comet win
two other comets within tia conglome
ration of three comets; this was consG
cred very marvellous, and | am not
ware that any explanation has yet be
given in the journals OF science. b.
ii this theory be true, the exPianaiG
is obvious. Ii VIC lake this phenoEt
non in connexion with the we'll know
facts, that there are times when star
of the third magnitude are dlsiincg
seen through the nucleus of the conc
and that there are other times whs
even star Of the first maguiiade e''
not be seen, we may see how these iac'
are 10 be accounted for. IL we sGF
pcse the pole end of the come, to be pre-
scented to the eye, and suppose the com
Ell also 10 be an unfinished sphere opsl
al the pole, as | have descr'bed-@
: ribn expanded but not compleleo-S
will not be surprising that we sh0un
, see a star through 1t. But supPo,e ',
comet to be presented equatoriaiIy
the cye--having both It's SIDES oe'wes
] the eye and the star; OF course We sue
/ not see il. Now, suppose u 10 % u.
my between these two positions, "n'