The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-17
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MAKING.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
have received from Switzerland the enclosed cir
cular lin Gerlnan which will explain itself in its
connection with the recent announcement OF Mr..
Lockyer touching the chemical domain of science.
1t bears the name of A. waidner. engineer 1t was
presume forwarded to me from the perception on
the part of some that the new chemical law an
nounced in ii has relation to the principles
of universoogy This law from the glance of atten-
ton have yet been able to give it, is no other
indeed, than a special instance Of the broader and
quite all inclusive law of science at large-the
fundamental thesis of universology-that all
phenomena whatsoever, in all spheres OF
being material and mental, are distributed
into three primal classes, having reference
to the numbers one, two and three, respectively
for which reason the three governing principles Of
universal things are named unism (one-ism). duism
(two-ism) and trinism (three-ism). These numbers
are the head numbers of the mathematical. which is
the governing sphere of things. They first distribute
the universe at large into-1, The concrete or ag-
glomerative (unsmal; 2, The abstract separative
(iuisnaD. and B. The rational rationale or proper
tonal (trinismal, 2rD They then distribute the
contents of each particular science Tor of its donain
by repetition in precisely similar manner and, OF
course, chemistry along WITH all the otHcrs.
The primal substance (urstoff of this new dstribu-
ton of the indictments OF chemistry is unismal one
sh.) The first OF the two particularized series IS
duismal (twoish), and the second of the two par
tcularized series trinismal three-is That is to
say the first OF the three degrees is founded directly
on the number one, or, what is the same thing, on
undinerentiaed unity; the second on two tdihercn.
tiatonI and the third on three inegration In still
other technical phrase the first is synsta'lc. the
second analytic and the third synthetic. Analysis
and synthesis everywhere recognized as very
fundamental ideas and conditions; but the primitive
synsass, condition prior to analysis has always
been overlooked, assumed as much OF course
to demand notice.
Then to the higher powers exhibited in the table,
these, it will be observed are the third and hith or.
starting with uusm, the first, third ana NTH. thus
running with the odd number series, emitting the
even number SERIES This is in precise accordance
with universologcal principles Thus, chemistry Is
Mythology substance lore, the science which treats
OF substance and substances and is contrastcd with
morphology form lore, the science which treats OF
form and forms shapes ('steres'); and substance
unsmal gathers into one undistinguished mass by
alive differentiative, Initiative in its tendency and
knd). Again. the odd number series OF num-
bers headed by one, Is unismal. or one-llke,
and the number series, headed by two,
odd number series of powers is coincident with
chemistry and fitted tor the distribution OF chem
ical phenomena while the even number series OF
powers is coincidcnt with morphology, and SO htted
for the distribution of morphoogical phenomena;
that is to say the first, third and fifth powers govern
chemical distributions. and tho second, fourth ana
sixth powers govern morphooSical distributions, or
the shapings Of things The sixth power OF two Is
sixty-eor and sxty-.our is the grand distributive
number OF forms shapes which is ono OF the most
important demonstrations of universology The
of this peculiar measuring property OF sixty
four Is that IL is the third degree quaslpower or the
augmentation of the cube into cubules and cubulets
the second 1.-THE cubules being eight.
STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS.