The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-06
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JUNE g. ls7s-rRlPLE SHEET

average oscillations per second about Gvc hundred mil
lior millions II would take a human being about
600 of years 10 count the oscillations Of light IN
one second oi time These light beat upon The
rods and ~ the ret;na aud set them motion
The light motion y transmitted into nerve notion
ana u is Is resurrecied INTO idtation. This optic
apparatus transmits the ether vibrations 10 the optic
nlamcnts. which conduct them TO the central cells
and this Is the optic nerve current what
Is It that mobiles, changes and conducts
this delicate but stupcndous solar force. Tho
organic, living Tho hight current becomes
the optic nerve current; the nerves that terminate
under the perceive the light but not the heat
the nerves that terminate under the epderms perceive
the heat. So, by figure Of speech, We see the sun
with the whole surface OF the body. In other worcs
the optic nerve Is only a modified thermic nerve or
The thcrmc waves lash the body millions OF millions
oi times a second This force hurs tho thundcrboit
aud waves the green leaf; but when Il reaches the
optic nerves II moves only 200 feet per second
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In manner analogical the above the nerves OF
taste smcl. and touch treated by the lecturer in
OF taste, the lecturer stated that atoms cling 10 each
other by means of polar iorces that tho atoms OF the
active principles OF vegetation have polar forces under
lying their organic molecular structure that the &C
tnic OF the build up all vegetation, the poppy
the cinchona, the suearcanc These derive Their spe
cial forces directly rom tho sunbeam When they
Affect the Organic structures Of the body is the sun
shining through them which Is the active agent II
opium puts you sleep. II quinia reconstructs The
cruorinc and sugar delights tho palate then say the
sun Is hypnotic, reconssrnctive and delightful
sMELL.
The odor of tho rose floats in the air The particles
molecu and organic The actnic rays OF the sun
pick the inorganic atoms out OF the air AMI project
them through electric arcs and magnetic curves into
the form Of odorous particles. These lombard the
outer ends OF the oaciory iamcnts They impart
some OF their chemical motion, for they have
nothing cISe 10 give. What Is an odors No one can
tell but Know II tncrc was no oliaclory
nerve there would be no odors and yet the
sun would send down his acnc rays
10 the earth from day to day, and build NIL the roses
that Thus the sunbeam is an acceptable mcssen-
ger OF daily tidings which brings music. light
warmth sweetness and perfume; so that we can see,
hear, feel, taste and smell the sun.
TOUCH
Similarly the OF touch was dealt with. Tho
lecturer went say that nervc-function of the
OF the acceptance and conducton OF i-
prcsons; that this function exists between the matter
und force of nature the hand and cOnsci usness
the reach of experimental investigation CONSCIOUSNESS
beyond it. 1hc matter Is made out OF Dust
and the sunbeam which shine through inol ganc
dust also penetrate the organic structure OF tho
dust particles OF a nerves axis-cyinder.
II asked for proof the lecturer would ropy :--One
the hight and yet they produce vision
cannot hear the mr. waves. yet they make noise
aud music and find out thor dimensions; one
feel The heat and yet hey make us warm;
der. yet know II exists The deductions hcrelrom
the organs and their relation the triple
forces OF tho sunbeam the origin OF voluntary notion
the correlation OF force IN the sequence OF voilion
motor nerve current muscular contraction, motion and
locomotion, and these in reflex way in sensation
scnse volition and voluntary motion were treated o.
The general deduction OF the lecturer was that seeing
and hearing smelling and tasting only possible by
reason Oi the peculiar imposed mobility OF matter cx
isng under relation and that this imposed mo-
biity is due to the triple forces OF the sunbeam The
extended treatment Of these points brought this re-
markable lecture TO a cosc.