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The Craft In Nsw York.
Lod < re with morning sittings , . afternoon sittings , and evening' sitting ; extending over a week , we cannot help being struck , with the contrast presented by what takes place in Great Queen Street , where quarterly sittings of three hours each are considered amply sufficient for the settlement of all and every question , however important , which may arise in the English Masonic-world throughout the year . We do not
wish to see quite such long sittings introduced into this country as those which occupy our American Brethren ; but we certainly should not be displeased if some plan could be adopted for giving a . little more attention to questions of importance in the Grand Lodge of England—questions which , from want of time for consideration , are too often disposed of in a manner not calculated to add to the dignity of the Grand Lodge itself , or to convince those who are conscientiously opposed to them that due weight has been given to their arguments or ' representations .
The Chemistry Of Common Things,
THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON THINGS ,
I . —THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF FLAME . Many of the most common phenomena that Ave daily meet with arc the most mysterious . Take for example the flame of a candle . What is its nature—of what is it constituted — how is its light and heat produced , or where do they come from ? Why does it take that peculiar form . —why is the point always turned upwards ? How does it consume the substance of the candle , and what becomes of the matter
By Francis Henry Baker .
thus consumed ? These are a few of the questions which suggest themselves to the inquiring observer . When we reflect how such questions as these . must have puzzled the ancient inhabitants of the world , it will cease to be surprising that they should have held fire in so great veneration , as a thing almost supernatural , and that they classed it with the elementary bodies , giving it the first place . When but little was known of electricity , fire and flame were ascribed to its influence ; and probably this theory was nob far wrong .
lor it is noAv a generally received opinion that tlie ethereal bodies , heat , tight , electricity , and magnetism , are but different forms of one and the same substance . But Sir Humphrey Davy ' s hypothesis appears to be the correct one . He pronounced flame to be " gaseous matter heated to whiteness : The gaseous matter is evidently derived from the substance of the candle or oil used to produce the flame , for it is gradually consumed . But whence arises the heat 1 Is that also contained in the candle ?
. .. tt is . Every substance has a certain quantity of heat entering into j-te composition , which in this state is termed latent heat , because i : ^ not apparent to the senses . But when , two or more substances aia combined into one , it frequently happens that the compound thu * r 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Craft In Nsw York.
Lod < re with morning sittings , . afternoon sittings , and evening' sitting ; extending over a week , we cannot help being struck , with the contrast presented by what takes place in Great Queen Street , where quarterly sittings of three hours each are considered amply sufficient for the settlement of all and every question , however important , which may arise in the English Masonic-world throughout the year . We do not
wish to see quite such long sittings introduced into this country as those which occupy our American Brethren ; but we certainly should not be displeased if some plan could be adopted for giving a . little more attention to questions of importance in the Grand Lodge of England—questions which , from want of time for consideration , are too often disposed of in a manner not calculated to add to the dignity of the Grand Lodge itself , or to convince those who are conscientiously opposed to them that due weight has been given to their arguments or ' representations .
The Chemistry Of Common Things,
THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON THINGS ,
I . —THE NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF FLAME . Many of the most common phenomena that Ave daily meet with arc the most mysterious . Take for example the flame of a candle . What is its nature—of what is it constituted — how is its light and heat produced , or where do they come from ? Why does it take that peculiar form . —why is the point always turned upwards ? How does it consume the substance of the candle , and what becomes of the matter
By Francis Henry Baker .
thus consumed ? These are a few of the questions which suggest themselves to the inquiring observer . When we reflect how such questions as these . must have puzzled the ancient inhabitants of the world , it will cease to be surprising that they should have held fire in so great veneration , as a thing almost supernatural , and that they classed it with the elementary bodies , giving it the first place . When but little was known of electricity , fire and flame were ascribed to its influence ; and probably this theory was nob far wrong .
lor it is noAv a generally received opinion that tlie ethereal bodies , heat , tight , electricity , and magnetism , are but different forms of one and the same substance . But Sir Humphrey Davy ' s hypothesis appears to be the correct one . He pronounced flame to be " gaseous matter heated to whiteness : The gaseous matter is evidently derived from the substance of the candle or oil used to produce the flame , for it is gradually consumed . But whence arises the heat 1 Is that also contained in the candle ?
. .. tt is . Every substance has a certain quantity of heat entering into j-te composition , which in this state is termed latent heat , because i : ^ not apparent to the senses . But when , two or more substances aia combined into one , it frequently happens that the compound thu * r 2