Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-12-25
DIVISIBlLITY OF MATTER.

At the first step take in Geological inquiry (says the
Rev. Dr. BUcKLASp) struck with the immense period
OF time which the phenomena presented to view must
have required for their production and the ncesan changes
which appear have been going the natural world
but remember that time and change great only
in reference 10 the faculties of the being who them
The insect Of hour contrasting its ephemeral exist
ence with the Uwers which 1t rests, would attribute
unchanging durability the evanescent Of vegetable
forms, whilst the flowers the trees, aud the forest would
ascribe endless duration TO the soil which they grow
and thus uninstucted man, comparing his brief earthly
existence with the sed framework he inhab, deems the
hills and mountains around him coeval wit the globe itself
But, with the enlargement and cultivation Of his mental
powers he takes more just comprehensive and enlightened
view Of the wonderful schemes of creation and while in his
ignorance he imagined that the duration of the goe was to
be measured by his brief span, and arrogany deemed
himself alone the object Of the Almighys care and that all
things created for his pleasure and necessities he
feels his dependence entertans ideas Of the
mercy WISDOM and goodness of his Creator and while ex
esng his high privilege Of being alone capable Of
plating and understanding the wonders Of the natural world
he learns the most important lessonsto doubt the evidence
Of his until confirmed by patient and continued
investigations.
"Where is the dust that has not been alive I"
The remains Of organic existence, found in the mcdan and
other teraes conduct from the colossal and imposing
minute and microscopes for beds occur entirely composed Of
the fossil relics OF animalcues-those lnnltesma forms
present in lakes rivers and streams invisible the un-
assisted sight whose perfect organization places them among
the wonders Of the creation They formerly supposed
70 De little particles OF
vitality but Ehenberg has discovered in them apparatus
o. muscles ntesnes teeth, different kinds Of glands eyes
nerves. and Of reproduction. Yet Of the smallest
are not more than the twenyour thousandh Of inch in
diameter The thickness Of the skin OF their somachs not
than the y mlonth part OF inch, single drop Of water
having been estimated actually to contain 80, 600 900 nd
Vdua Not less astonishing is their power Of multiplication
aanddua species increasing ten daysto 000 000
on the eleventh day 1000 600, and the twelfth day 10
io,oooOOO while Of another kind, Ehrenberg that
one individual capable of becoming in four days.
600 To this distinguished naturalist are
Indebted o the development of the fact that ages
word was NE with these minute organisms belonging TO
great number o. Species whose minerazed skeletons actually
constitute nearly the whole the tertiary soils and
rocks several feet 10 thickness and extending
many acres Such i the PoirSchter, polishing slate Of
Bn, ~ Bohemia, which occupies surface Of great extent
probably he site o. an ancient lake. and forms saty
fourteen feet IN thckne almost wholly composed Of the sill
1ifcd shields Of animacug The size of single ono form
Ag the polishing slate amounts upon average and in the
greatest part to one two hundred and eghty-eghth Of hu-
man hair, reckoning it. average size forty eighth
line.
The globue Of the human blood considered at one-three
hundredth, not much smaller The blood globules ofa
frog twice large Of these animacues As the
Porschicer OF Berlin slaty but without cavities these ami
malcues lie closely compressed In round numbers abou
20, 000 600 would make up cubic line and would in fact
be contained IN T. Tkere l72s cubic lines in a cubic
nch and therefore cubic ach would contain on on
about 81 900, 000 900 o these animals On weighing GU
BIC inch Of this mass found be two hundred and
~ grains OF the 81 100000 900 Of animals 49, Q00 00(
TO gran or the lclous shield Of each anmalcule weighs
about one-hundcd ionh part Of grain
such is the statement Of Ehenbug which naturally suggest
the reflection Of the French philosopher that the Almighty
great in great things he is still 70 in those which
minute and furnishes additional data for the well known mora
argument Of the thoologan derived from a comparison Of tn
telescope and microscope The one led me to see system
in every star the other leads see world in every
The taught me that this almighty globe with the Who'll
burden Of its people and Of m countries il but grain Of san
the field Of immensiy the other teaches me that ever
grain Of sand may habor within the tribes and families Of
busy population. The told me Of tho insgniGcance
the world tread upon the other rcdeens il from all insig
| niicance."
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