ABC's of Science

Charles Oliver
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A B C's of Science By C-AS% O<1+E,

1:'EO 1% )he Supre$e Po er of :ature 11% Astrono$y 111% )he Solar Syste$ 1+% Across the 'ivi!e +% *lourish$ent of the Earth +1% Ani$al 2agnetis$ +11% 2iscellaneous )he author of this little boo" spent several years in co$posing his or", to the best of his ability, $a"ing the treatise brief an! to the point, so that the rea!er $ay not beco$e eary an! $isun!erstan! the true $eaning% -is !esire is to have the flourishing hu$an "no the truth of Science an! to learn hat he can of its greatest on!ers% C-AS% O<1+E,% ABC's O* SC1E:CE C-AP)E, 1 )-E S;P,E2E PO&E, O* :A);,E .% Supre$e po er of :ature is co$prise! of all% C% 1t $ay be !ivi!e! into three partsA 2ineral, +egetable, an! Ani$al% 6% 2ineral is co$prise! of 2ineral 2atter an! 2ineral 2agnetis$% D% Ani$al is co$prise! of Ani$al 2atter an! Ani$al 2agnetis$% I% +egetable is co$prise! of +egetable 2atter an! +egetable 2agnetis$% L% Each of the foregoing have life, an! by cooperating pro!uce life that flourishes% ith each other

0% )here being as $any !ifferent "in!s of 2agnetis$ as there are $atter hich is beyon! the strength of hu$an to classify% 3% )he supre$e po er of :ature ha! no beginning so it has no en!S its life is in!estructible%

4*iguresA *ive line?!ra ings, captione! as follo s% JCo$et of .33., the year 2other Shipton prophecie! the Earth to co$e to an en!%J JCo$et of .0DD%J JCo$et of .3I0%J JBiela's co$et !iscovere! in .3C0% returne! at intervals of L .KC years% 1n .3DL it returne! split, returne! in .3IC, but never appeare! since%J JSaturn%J7 C-AP)E, 11 AS),O:O2Q =)he or! JvaporJ use! in general for ater, ice, at$osphere, etc%@

.% Space ithout beginning or en!, fille! ith un$aterial an! $aterial life% )he $aterial is in $otion by the currents of un$aterial life% C% )he $aterial is in perfect bo!ies, i$perfect bo!ies, an! unconcentrate! $aterial% 6% Perfect bo!ies group into constellation, calle! sun's planets, planetoi!s, an! $oons% D% 1$perfect bo!ies are co$ets, calle! perio!ic an! parabolic co$ets% I% ;nconcentrate! $aterial calle! 2il"y &ays, an! rings such as are aroun! Saturn% L% )he un$aterial life currents run in every conceivable $anner% 1 ill call the currents carrying constellation sun currents, planet currents, planetoi! currents, $oon currents, an! co$et currents, respectively% 2il"y ays e!!ys%

0% Saturn is the only bo!y e "no hich has an unconcentrate! obseHuious atten!ant% Such rings $ay appear aroun! constellations, planets, $oons, etc% )hese rings can be accounte! for in t o ays,??first, the $aterial never being concentrate!S secon!, by t o or $ore bo!ies co$ing together an! thro ing the bo!ies into ato$s% 3% Suc", or :ebula, currents for$ in the 2il"y ays =the sa$e as t o or $ore currents of air co$ing together an! $a"ing a hirl in!@, hich concentrates the $aterial into bo!ies, thus for$ing constellations an! co$etsS also rings such as are aroun! Saturn% 1f a constellation is for$e! its current is calle! sun current, an! here it continues to hirl ith all its subor!inate currents, planet, planetoi!, an! $oon%

/% Co$ets are cause! by sun currents' pressure forcing the suc" currents at a great spee!, an! forces the co$et current to pass through sun currents% So$e co$ets pass in an! out of their sun currents at regular intervals an! are calle! perio!ic, i%e%, its orbit is an ellipse% Co$ets that are parabolic an! travel il!% .8% Bo!ies $ay be !estroye! by suc" currents carrying bo!ies in collision ith each otherS if the bo!ies are eHual si9e, ill thro the $aterial into ato$s% 1f a s$all an! large bo!y co$e in collision the s$all bo!y ill bury itself in the greater% Bo!ies thro n into ato$s, the ato$s $ay continue to be carrie! by its respective current =as rings aroun! Saturn@, or the ato$s $ay be force! beyon! its current an! pass as shooting stars to other bo!ies or $il"y ays% ..% :ebula is the suc" current in the process of con!ensing $aterial into bo!ies% Can be seen in 2il"y &ay ith na"e! eve% 4*iguresA t o line !ra ings, captione! as follo s% J)he solar syste$%J J)he sun%J7 C-AP)E, 111 )-E SO<A, SQS)E2 .% )he Solar Syste$ is better "no n to us, as the earth on flourish belongs to it% hich e ill never return to their starting point

C% )he Syste$ is co$prise! of one sun =star@, eight $ajor planets, 2ercury, +enus, Earth, an! one satellite, 2ars an! t o satellites, Rupiter an! seven satellites, Saturn, its rings an! ten satellites, ;ranus an! four satellites, :eptune an! one satellite, an! so$e L88 planetoi!s, varying in si9e fro$ L88 $iles in !ia$eter to $ere roc"s% 6% )he sun's !ia$eter is 3LL,888 $iles% ,otates every L8L hours% )he length of ti$e its current carries the sun over its orbit is un"no n% )he sun re$ains a $elte! $assS its vibration is $aintaine!S has but little vapor an! its the$e reflecte! on the surface of its obseHuious atten!ants hich gives the$ heat an! light% 'ar" spots cause! by vapor beco$ing concentrate! to the sun's surfaceS these spots change% D% 2ercury, the s$allest $ajor planet, also the closest to the sun% 1t is carrie! over its orbit about 6L,888,888 $iles fro$ the sun, hich

reHuires 33 !ays to co$plete its course, an! rotates once every CD hours an! I $inutes% 1ts !ia$eter is 6,888 $iles an! it has a suitable a$ount of vapor for ani$als an! vegetables to flourish% I% +enus has the brightest lustre of our planets hich is cause! fro$ enor$ous a$ount of vapor% 1t is carrie! over its orbit at about L0,888,888 $iles fro$ the sun, hich reHuires CCD 0K.8 !ays to co$plete its course% ,otates once every C6 hours an! C. $inutes% 'ia$eter, 0,088 $iles% L% )he earth is carrie! over its orbitS $ain !istance being /6,888,888 $iles fro$ the sun, hich reHuires one year to co$plete its course, hich is L38,888,888 $ilesA 21<ES Earth's !ia$eter 3,888 Greater or eHuatorial 0,/CI <ess or polar 0,3// 'ifference on co$parison CL )he earth rotates once every C6 hours, IL $inutes, an! D secon!sS has one satellite, hich is carrie! over its orbit at a !istance of C63,3I8 $iles fro$ the earth% 1ts !ia$eter is C,.L8 $iles% )he $oon co$pletes its orbit in C/ !ays, .C hours, DD $inutes, an! C secon!s% 1ts currents touch the earth an! cause the ti!eS also affects so$e plants of the pheno$ena veritaS these plants are also affecte! by the sun% 2any years after the earth's $aterial began to flourish, a s$all bo!y = hose crust as coole!@ ca$e in contact ith the earthS this cause! the earth's crust to crac" al$ost fro$ pole to pole an! for$e! :orth an! South A$erica% )he eruptions in Europe, Asia, an! Africa ere greatly scattere!% Australian soil is !eficient in phosphorus, hich sho s it is foreign an! represents the s$all bo!y hich !i! not entirely bury itself% )his cause! so$e of the earth's lan! surface to be belo the sea levelS also cause! the earth's axis to change at a very slo rate of about 00 yar!s per year% )his ill reHuire $any thousan!s of years for the :orth Pole to beco$e the South Pole% *or $any years the Polar star appeare! Jfixe!J at the earth's north axis% 0% 2ars is carrie! aroun! the sun by its planet current at a !istance of .D8,888,888 $iles, hich reHuires L30 !ays, an! rotates every CD hours, 60 $inutes, an! CC .KC secon!s% 'ia$eter, D,C88 $iles% 2ars has t o satellites an! is not abun!ant in vapor hich causes its re!!ish appearance, therefore vegetation an! ani$als are scanty% 3% Rupiter is the largest $ajor planet% 1t $a"es a great ju$p fro$ the sun of D36,888,888 $iles, carrie! by its planet current to co$plete its orbit in .C years% ,otates every / hours, II $inutes, an! 60 secon!s% 'ia$eter, 33,888 $ilesS has seven satellites% )he cli$ate has a very even te$perature !ue to its fast rotation% /%

Saturn, the beauty of the s"ies, carrie! by its planet current aroun! the sun at its $ain !istance of 336,888,888 $iles =a greater !istance of D88,888,888 $iles than Rupiter@ hich reHuires about C/ .KC years% ,otates once every .8 hours, .D $inutes, an! C6 secon!s% 'ia$eter, 0I,888 $iles% 1t has ten satellites an! three rings of unconcentrate! $aterial% )he cape ring is about /,888 $iles across, the other t o about .L,888 each% 'ia$eter of rings about .08,888 $iles, hich $a"es the rings very close to the surface% .8% ;ranus is carrie! by its planet current aroun! the sun at a great !istance of .,003,888,888 $iles, hich reHuires about 3D years% ,ate of rotation un"no n% 'ia$eter, 6.,888 $iles% 1t has four satellites% ..% :eptune is the farthest fro$ the sun% 1ts $ain !istance being C,0/C,888,888 $ilesS carrie! by its planet current over its orbit once in .LD years, / $onths% 'ia$eter, 60,888 $iles% Perio! of rotation un"no n% -as one satellite% At :eptune e haven't ta"en a step but our next neighbor is across the !ivi!e% <et us have a fairy !rea$ an! travel fro$ the sun to :eptune in a straight or !irect course at the rate of .,888,888 $iles an hourS it oul! ta"e us ..L .K6 !ays to reach :eptune% 4*igureA <ine !ra ing, captione! J)he solar syste$%J7 C-AP)E, 1+ AC,OSS )-E '1+1'E .% Crossing the !ivi!e =Abyss@ e encounter other syste$s of about CI,888,888,888, or the first $agnitu!e% Our $ost po erful glass reaches the .Lth% 2agnitu!e is very uneven an! irregular, an! beyon! this there is no en!% C% 2any constellations have $ore than one sun, hile others are !ouble, Hua!ruple, an! $ultiple% 1t is esti$ate! a brilliant star, an! can be seenS of these over a $illion have been catalogue! an! only about CI hose !istance have been $easure!% C-AP)E, + *<O;,1S-2E:) O* )-E EA,).% )he earth reache! its state of concentration, an! the vapor in great clou!s envelope! the heavier substance% )he earth being heave! up by volcanoes =cause! by the vapor co$ing in contact ith the heate! $aterial@S as the vapor reache! its state, rain fell on the earth crust, an! thus rivers, la"es, an! oceans ere for$e!% C%

-ere ani$al an! vegetable $atter began to flourish% 6% Great !eposits of protoplas$ beca$e concentrate! over the earth's surfaceS fro$ the !eposits sprang all "in!s of vegetables an! ani$als that flourish, an! $any $ore fa$ilies than inhabit the earth to?!ay beca$e extinct% D% +egetable $atter began to flourish as its se$en beca$e concentrate!, li"e ise ani$al $atter% =)his ta"es place to?!ay in !ifferent ays, principally in 2arine varites% See Chap% 1, par% L%@ I% ,epro!uctions in all fa$ilies that flourishS so$e fa$ilies $ix an! their offspring ill not repro!uce% =<ife cannot be !estroye!, but flourish$ent can%@ L% 2an ca$e fro$ !eposits of protoplas$ =se$en@ as is pro!uce! for repro!uction of $an to?!ay% )he !eposits ere of !ifferent "in!sS each !eposit brought forth its o n branch of hu$anity, these branches being of !ifferent type an! tongue% <ater the tongue of one branch beca$e learne! by the other% *ro$ the !ifferent original tongues ill give us a goo! esti$ate of !eposits in nu$ber% 0% Babies ere nourishe! in the protoplas$ !eposits the sa$e as they are in their $other's o$b% )his nourish$ent ca$e fro$ the abun!ance of albu$en hich acco$panie! the se$en in concentrating% As the babies $ature! they bro"e the crust of the !eposit of protoplas$ an! put forth their hea!s an! breathe! the airS their bo!ies still re$aine! in the albu$en until they gaine! strength to fee! the$selves on the albu$en% -ere the babies bro"e the cor! =navel cor!@ that brought nourish$ent into their bo!ies, as in the o$b of a $other, an! cra le! aroun! over the crust of the !eposit here they ca$e, fee!ing on its crust by putting it into their $ouths% )he babe has not forgotten it yet, as everything he gets that he can han!le goes to his $outh% -e learne! to al" an! tal" to his brothers an! sisters, an! co$pose! a language of their o n% -ere $anhoo! an! o$anhoo! is reache!% 3% All ani$als ca$e in li"e $anner, but /% +egetable $atter flourishe! an! the earth is inhabite!% All bo!ies that have at$osphere are inhabite!% At$osphere is vapori9e! protoplas$% .8% )en of the principal $aterials that pro!uce flourish$ent are carbon, hy!rogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassiu$, nitrogen, sulphur, calciu$, iron an! $agnesiu$S protoplas$ contains everythingS che$ists have not been able to !eter$ine an! classify protoplas$% =See Chap% 1, par% 0%@ ithout a fluent language%

..% -u$anity varie! $uch in si9e% )he giant tribe =such as the petrifie! Car!iff Giant@ has long been extinct% 2en of this type eighe! I88 poun!s an! $ore, $easure! nearly .C feet in height, hile our $i!gets $easure un!er C feet% .C% -er$aphro!ites exist in all $aterial that flourishes% 2alfor$ation% C-AP)E, +1 A:12A< 2AG:E)1S2 .% Every ani$al has its o n $agnetis$ hich is its source of strength an! intelligence% )he glan!s, nerves, an! !ucts are batteries, !ucts an! glan!s storage batteries, the nerves $otive an! sensation =or intelligence@% )he brain is the principal battery of sensation =or intelligence@, hile the heart is the principal $otive battery% C% )he chil! begins to train hi$self to $a"e use of his li$bs, first by s inging his ar$s an! legs, secon! by creeping, thir! by al"ing% :ote a chil! fee!ing itself, ho unstea!y he is in getting his foo! to his $outhS so$eti$es his spoon $isses his $outh an! the foo! is spille!, for hich he usually receives a slap, although he has !isplaye! all his energy in getting his foo! in his $outh% :ext e fin! hi$ a traine! athlete an! s"ille! laborer, capable of applying hi$self to $ost anything he cares to !o% 6% But little attention is pai! to the training of ani$al $agnetis$% Any one ith nerves in his teeth can concentrate $agnetis$ in the teeth, so it can be easily felt, also the lipsS by training the $agnetis$ it can be concentrate! in any part of the bo!y% )his ta"es constant practice an! coul! be use! hen one has any !isability by concentrating the $agnetis$ in the !isable! part, causing the bloo! to circulate $ore freely at the point here the $agnetis$ is concentrate!, an! thus i$proving the !isable! part% )he osteologist !oes this by $assage, the real faith cure $an by concentrating his $agnetis$ on the patient, the practitioner uses $e!icine an! !rugs, each having their o n $agnetis$, etc% Accor!ingly $any !iseases are contagious by people beco$ing inoculate! by $il! $agnetis$ hich co$es fro$ so$e "in! of $atter% =See Chap% 1, par% 0%@ D% )he hypnotist or $es$erist gains control of his opponents through ani$al $agnetis$ an! controls every $ove$ent% )he nerves cease to act an! the hypnotist is boss% )he patient can be $a!e to exert great strength an! pass !angerous points ithout falling% A hypnotist or $es$erist is invariably in poor health an! flesh% )his is cause! by the over?taxation of his o n nerves an! !ucts% L% Ani$al $agnetis$ can he use! li"e ireless telegraphy% 2iss -elen Uellar is one of the best "no n for telepathy% She as born blin!, also !eaf an! !u$b% She is a great linguist an! ell e!ucate!%

0% )he !u$b ani$als in their il! state use telepathy $uch hen encountering !angerS their "een scent of the !eer, horse, etc%, enables the$ to !eter$ine the !irection of the ene$y% 3% Pre!estination is cultivate! an! in $ost instances co$es true% 1 observe! this in the case of &illia$ 2cUinley, $artyre! Presi!ent of the ;nite! States of A$erica, ho sai! he ante! to follo in the footsteps of Ra$es A% Garfiel!, also $artyre! Presi!ent% <et us see ho nearly he ca$e follo ing in his footstepsA Born in the sa$e locality, Presi!ent of the sa$e country, each supporte! a platfor$ of goo! currency, each assassinate! in the sa$e $onth, an! in the seat of the Presi!ency% Both !ie! a lingering !eathS the !ifference in the length of ti$e of their flourish$ent as 3 $onths an! 0 !ays% 4*iguresA Photographs of &illia$ 2cUinley an! Ra$es A% Garfiel!%7 /% :ext observe the ol! in their feebleness an! e see these ell traine! han!s tre$bleS the glan! !ucts an! nerves are ithering, the ani$al $agnetis$ is ea"ening, hich ren!ers the$ chil!ish % .8% )he !ucts, glan!s, an! nerves thro off their $agnetis$ in $any !ifferent ays, in exertion, fright, fear, anguish, !iscontent, happiness, "in!ness, loveliness, !esire, etc% 'r% )% B% ,obertson !iscovere! that )ethelin =locate! in the pituitary bo!y at the base of the brain@ pro!uces the gro th of the bo!y% C-AP)E, +11 21SCE<<A:EO;S .% <ightning is cause! by the friction of vapor, hich is at a suitable te$perature% )hus t o or $ore currents of air co$ing together ill cause lightning, as the friction concentrates the electricity, an! as there is no con!uctor the heavy voltage flies usually to ar! the nearest con!uctor% )his voltage is so great that it explo!es the air% )he air co$ing together again pro!uces a great vibration, calle! thun!er% C% Aurora Borealis% )he outer circle aroun! the earth represents at$osphere% )he sun current carries it far fro$ the earth's surface% At the north, hen the sun's reflection stri"es the earth's crust in such a $anner, its reflection ill be seen in the at$osphere at a great height, calle! :orthern <ights% )his is $ostly seen in :ove$ber, 'ece$ber, an! Ranuary% 4*igureA ;ncaptione! line !ra ing =acco$panying the paragraph above@

of the Earth's orbit about the sun%7 6% )he $useu$ of Alexan!ria as establishe! about D88 years B%C%, for the purpose of restoring science that ha! been lost thousan!s of years before% )he cultivation of "no le!ge by experi$ent, observation, an! $athe$atical !iscussionsA this as the birth of a science of to?!ay% )he library containe! $any thousan!s of volu$es of boo"s, but as !estroye! by CyrilS a girl in charge of the library by the na$e of -ypatia as brutally "ille! an! the flesh as scrape! fro$ her bones ith sea shells% )his occurre! in D.D A%'% Alexan!er !ie! at Babylon 6C6 B%C% China, 2esopota$ia, an! 1n!ia ha! $a!e astrono$ical observations at this early !ate% 2ost of these learnings ere !estroye!% Brono, 1saac :e ton, Brably, an! so$e fe others, pro$ote! science by their !iscoveries of hat is to?!ay% JGoo! &ill to $an%J

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