The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24
Reasonable
Propositions
Concerning
the Combina-
ton of Ele-
Visible Power.


could, to ascertain the original phys
ical production Of water.
1t seems to be a problem impossible
to solve, and yet, in vaporous con-
dition, in it's separated properties, all
water undoubtedly always existed in
space previous to the formation of the
earth and the birth Of life in it's diff
ferent forms
Extant substances may, in different
ways, be oVertaken by dissolution and
dissemination, but absolute oblitera-
ton Is impossible, and the material
Of natural matter, in one or more
forms, will always and eternally exist
Nothing whatsoever can add to or
take from the bulk, existing in all
space, Notwithstanding the fact that
physical transformations are of an un-
interrupted natural sequence caused by
the vicissitudes of climate time and
conditions.
These brief considerations need to
determine, that, In whatever manner
the earth may have been precipitated
as a molten mass of material solar de-
trltuS undoubtedly drawn from the
particles everywhere present, in space,
one Is as competent as another to
theorize, so far as actual facts are
concerned, for philosophic minds still
continue to remain simply an embodi-
ment in human nature, incompetent to
solve the deepest question in It's own
existence.
| Since these considerations were for
| mulated, a careful study of the causes
which, under proper conditions, trans
NIT concentrated electrical energy
from local or stated point, has been
made, and every probability thoroughly
| considered which particularly relate to
the creative forces in natural pheno-
mena
No one can state from. the standpoint
of knowledge actually acquired, that
electricity was not the manifested
power Of creation, and there are reasons
which properly influence the unpreju-
diced mind toward a Willingness to ac-
cept and adopt a self-evident condition.
Some studies in this direction gave
singular results.
The first principle that suggested it
self was the cause which precipitated
the water to the hemispheres, if such
existed, previous to the appearance Of
any form of life. Evolution thence
made possible river channeIling and
the spontaneity of the emergence of
man naturally followed the prepara-
items Of nature for his appearance and
reception.
That at once presents supposititious
force resulting in the original formation
Of our planet-the earth-from the
elements extant in space in mechani-
cal combination and chemical unity.
Such a tremendous energy, in it's ply
steal volume. must necessarily have
been electric. If that be true, the for
nation of electricity is as simple as
it is forcible, ard, as applied to the
original precipitation by the natural
energies, Of earth, Of water, Of air, a
combination resulting in spontaneous
production, presented the opportunity
for the appearance Of life, changeable
in form by the lapse of time, the modi-
|
of events.
I The electric energy may come from
a sensftized vapor, for incidental ex-
periments in analytical and technical
| chemistry, by the analysis of various
| substances pertaining to the electric
| current, indicate beyond any reason
| able doubt that electricity is complex
compound of oxygen, carbon and
| hydrogen, produced by friction or oXi-
| dalton. In all batteries it is neces-
| sary to he a negative and positive
element ashGafce the negative and posi-
! tive potHeAS The rule holds good for
/ the diffeEAx6l kinds of electric currents,
and sth e Jnate cause of the different
|, eurren ts produced is due to the Incl
dental { arrangement of the electric
molecules and the same rule applies
Sto the electric current generated by
| the dynamo. No element can result or
/ escape from such oxidation or friction,
Except oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.
Z. If this be true, at a time when the
+ elements pervaded the universe a COM
/ pick mixture would certainly have
| generated such a tremendous electric
/ energy in the receSSeS of all space that
| fCrcible tribute to the precipitation
! of planets resulted, and the earth, as
molten mass of magma, was for
mulated and the beginning of the en-
! crustment of the cooling surface made
possible the saturation which superin-
| duced evaporation, rainfall, the earliest
! existence Of life beginning in the sea,
| the coal measures, river channelling,
| mountain building the intermediate
forms Of vertebrate, and finally, the
appearance of man in at least two
| zones Of temperature, one with the ex-
| 1stence of pigment in the cutfcle and
one without it; the former black and
| the latter white.
Any electrician, choosing to consider
| this formulated basis, can reasonably
| ask: If a current of electricity passes
| out from the point of mechanical fric-
| ton, what combination of elements
! enters into the energetic demonstra-
| ton? The answer Is, those elements
| which are then and there present and
| effective. namely, oxygen, carbon and
| hydrogen, in complex unity
Our inability to grasp and anaIyze
this union of elements, places US where
we do not know the proportion Of each
which enters into the complex COM
pound.