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A B C's of Science By CHAS. OLIVER

INDEX
I. The Supreme Power of Nature II. Astronomy III. The Solar System
IV. Across the Divide V. Flourishment of the Earth VI. Animal
Magnetism VII. Miscellaneous
The author of this little book spent several years in composing his work,
to the best of his ability, making the treatise brief and to the point, so
that the reader may not become weary and misunderstand the true
meaning.
His desire is to have the flourishing human know the truth of Science
and to learn what he can of its greatest wonders.
CHAS. OLIVER.
ABC's OF SCIENCE

CHAPTER I
THE SUPREME POWER OF NATURE
1. Supreme power of Nature is comprised of all.
2. It may be divided into three parts: Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal.
3. Mineral is comprised of Mineral Matter and Mineral Magnetism.
4. Animal is comprised of Animal Matter and Animal Magnetism.
5. Vegetable is comprised of Vegetable Matter and Vegetable
Magnetism.
6. Each of the foregoing have life, and by cooperating with each other
produce life that flourishes.
7. There being as many different kinds of Magnetism as there are

matter which is beyond the strength of human to classify.
8. The supreme power of Nature had no beginning so it has no end; its
life is indestructible.
[Figures: Five line-drawings, captioned as follows. "Comet of 1881, the
year Mother Shipton prophecied the Earth to come to an end." "Comet
of 1744." "Comet of 1857." "Biela's comet discovered in 1827. returned
at intervals of 6 1/2 years. In 1846 it returned split, returned in 1852,
but never appeared since." "Saturn."]

CHAPTER II
ASTRONOMY
(The word "vapor" used in general for water, ice, atmosphere, etc.)
1. Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material
life. The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.
2. The material is in perfect bodies, imperfect bodies, and
unconcentrated material.
3. Perfect bodies group into constellation, called sun's planets,
planetoids, and moons.
4. Imperfect bodies are comets, called periodic and parabolic comets.
5. Unconcentrated material called Milky Ways, and rings such as are
around Saturn.
6. The unmaterial life currents run in every conceivable manner. I will
call the currents carrying constellation sun currents, planet currents,
planetoid currents, moon currents, and comet currents, respectively.
Milky ways eddys.

7. Saturn is the only body we know which has an unconcentrated
obsequious attendant. Such rings may appear around constellations,
planets, moons, etc.
These rings can be accounted for in two ways,--first, the material never
being concentrated; second, by two or more bodies coming together
and throwing the bodies into atoms.
8. Suck, or Nebula, currents form in the Milky ways (the same as two
or more currents of air coming together and making a whirlwind),
which concentrates the material into bodies, thus forming constellations
and comets; also rings such as are around Saturn.
If a constellation is formed its current is called sun current, and here it
continues to whirl with all its subordinate currents, planet, planetoid,
and moon.
9. Comets are caused by sun currents' pressure forcing the suck currents
at a great speed, and forces the comet current to pass through sun
currents. Some comets pass in and out of their sun currents at regular
intervals and are called periodic, i.e., its orbit is an ellipse.
Comets that are parabolic will never return to their starting point and
travel wild.
10.
Bodies may be destroyed by suck currents carrying bodies in collision
with each other; if the bodies are equal size, will throw the material into
atoms. If