THE ANIMATE AND THE INANIMATE-INDEX

AN INDEX FOR THE ANIMATE AND THE INANIMATE

absolute zero, 20, 28, 29.
acceleration, 10, 11 .
accidental combination, 57.
aerolites, 70.
algebra, 114.
Algol, 90.
almonds, 66.
amalgam, 39.
animate phenomena, 40; (see also: life, pseudo-living).
Aristotle, 4.
asteroids, 69, 91.
atomic weight, 51.
atoms, 5, 13, 77, 125; dissociation of, 51, 52, 102, 124, 125; integration of, 52; evolution of, 52.
attraction, laws of, 15; (see also: laws).
available energy, 21, 28, 106, 107-111, 116, 121, 122, 125.

bodies, black, 80; neutral 52; small, 20.
brain, 107, 108; machinery, 108, 115.
"bricks", 81, 85, 122; size of, 87;
(see also: universe sections of). brightness of night sky, 74-75.

carbon, 60-61, 67, 129; dioxide, 128.
carbon-nigrogen compound, 62, 66-67, 69.
causal relation, 12, 13, 24-25, 107-110; life and, 57, 123; reason and explanation and, 12; 108; effect-to-cause reasoning, 24-25; reverse of cause and effect defined, 108; improbable conditions and, 56; kinds of causality, 12; (see also: teleology, apparent; negative tendency.)
cells, 43; reproduction of, 93.
change cyclical, 4, 57-59, 104; irreparable, 4; of universe 104.
Chaos, 89, 90.
checkerboard structure of universe, 81; (see also: universe).
chemical reactions, 20, 125.
Clausius, 3.
clay, 61.
Clerk-Maxwell James, 3, 4, 5; and overwhelming probability of second law, 23-27; fallacy in reasoning of 26-27; and "sorting-demon", 3, 4, 5.
"coal-sacks", 85-87; oval shape of, 86.
collisions, elastic, 15, 19, 25; inelastic, 125-128; super-elastic, 19, 56, 125, 128.
conjugate relations, 114.
conservations, of energy, 15, 126; of matter, 15, 126; of mass, 12
corpses, 63, 110.
cosmogony, 88-104; reversibility theory of, 100-104.
Cosmozoa, 68, 70; (see also: life, theory of).
creation, 6.
cyanogen, 61, 66-67, 70; and second law, 67; CN radical, 61, 66-67.
cyclic change, 4; of atoms, 52; of universe, 104.

dark bodies (see stars).
Darwin, George, 91.
density, 13.
direction, 113; mass, acceleration and reversal of, 11.
"double-drum", 75-76; (see Herschel drum).
dynamics, 11.

earth, 51, 67, 68, 75; in living condition, 66; Preyer's theory of, 68, 70; surface of, 69; as center of universe, 85; silicates, 61.
egg, regularity in shape of, 43.
elastic collision, 15, 19, 25; (see collisions).
elasticity, 13.
electricity, 13.
electrons, 52, 53, 77.
endothermic compounds, 54-55, Chap. X, 124, 125, 126; defined, 54.
energy, 11, 15, 16, 36, 50; observation of, 15; available, 21, 106, 107-11, 116, 121, 122; 123; unavailable, 3, 20, 125; radiant, 100, 102, 103; molar, 19, 45, 108, 129; kinetic energy, 15, 19.

energy differences, build up of, 21, 27, 125; (see also: reserve energy).
entropy, 3, 118-119.
epochs, negative, and positive, 52.
equilibrium, 45.
error, theory of, 83; (see also: probability).
eternity, 50; (see also: past, future).
ether, 53, 77, 78; vibrations, 79; partial opaqueness of, 77.
evolution, Spencer's theory of, 4.
exothermic compounds, 54-55, 60-64, 124, 125; defined, 54.
explanations, causal, 12, 125; (see also: causal relation).

feeling, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111; as reserve energy, 11; reversal of, 109; pseudo-living, 106; attributed to objects, 109.
film, 118-119; (see also: motion picture reversal).
force, 11; mysterious vital, 5.
fortuitous concurrence of atoms, 5; (see also: probability).
friction, 19, 53; irreversibility of law of, 19; (see also: second law).
future, entire, 16, 24, 33, 50, 114, 118; infinite, 50; remote, 27; sensitiveness to, 106, 107, 123; uncertainty of, 11.

Galaxy, the, 86-87; Milky Way, 75-87, 93.
gold, 51.
gravitation, 73-74, 76, 79, 101, 122, 126.
gravity, as cause, 12.
Great Explosion theory (Big Bang), 30; (see also: universe, creation of).
Great Collision theory, 28-29; (see also: universe, creation of).
growth, 52, 58, 62; (see also: tendency, negative).

Haekel, 66.
heat, 17, 18, 20, 107, 124, 125, 128; definition of, 23; Clerk-Maxwell on, 23-24; dead level, 27; stellar, 89, 90, 91, 92, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104.
heat-reserve (see reserve energy).
helium, 51.
Helmholtz, 68, 70.
hemisphere, southern, 76.
Herschel drum, 75-87, 95, 96-99; outside, 76, 99; southern side of, 76, 85; surface of, 99.
Herschel, Sir William, 75, 89.
Hydrogen, 51, 66, 95; explosion of, 95.

identity test of, 115.
imaginaries, theory of, 114, 115.
impact, 15, 19, 25, 26; law of, 15; (see also: collisions).
impenetrability, 124.
improbable conditions, 56.
inanimate matter, 58, 62, 64, 68, 82.
inanimate phenomena, 40, 70, 71; (see also: tendency, positive).
inertia, law of, 14, 73, 101.
interchangeability, 115.
irreparable change, 4.
irreversibility, of second law, 18-21; of real universe, 18-21; of laws of friction, 19; psychological aspects of, Chap. XVI.
irritability, 46-48, 64, 106, 125.

James, William, 3, 45, 46.
Jupiter, 90.

Kant, Immanuel, 88-99.
Kelvin, Lord, 4, 6, 68, 70.
Kinetic energy, 15, 19; (see also: energy).

Laplace, 89.
laws, physical, 4, 9-13, 14, 15, 17, 49, 120; mental, 113, 116, 117; reversible, 9-13, 15, 49, 120; of attraction, 15; of repulsion, 15; of inertia 14, 73, 101; reflection, 16.
life, foundation of, 61; mystical nature of 66; eternity of 65, 80, 122-132; survival of, 104; inorganic, 71, 105, 108, 121, 125; on the sun, 64, 130; seeds of, 69; (see also: tendency, negative).
life as reversal of second law, 3, 4-5, 37-40, 112, 127-128.

life, theories of, 41-48, Chap. XI, 72; Abiogenetic, 65-71; Biogenetic, 65-71; mechanistic, 41, 42, 47-48; vitalistic, 41-42.
light, 16, 74-78, 82, 125; observed distribution of, 75, 76, 82; and boundary of section 81; in negative section, 101, 102, 125.
light year, 87.
Loeb, Dr. Jacques, 47.
logical relations, 12; (see also: causal relation).

Magellan, 76.
Magellanic Clouds, 76, 86.
mass, 11, 20, 26, 126.
masses, 22, 27, 77; large , 22.
matter, inanimate, 58, 62, 64, 68, 82; conservation of, 15; properties of, 17; positive 82; (see also: particles).
maximum points, 82-83; (see also: universe, sections of).
Maxwell, James Clerk- (see Clerk-Maxwell).
mechanical effect, 4.
mechanical efficiency, 20, 106, 107; less than, equal to 100 percent, 20, 48, 49-50; 54, 125; greater than 100 percent, 20, 46, 48, 49-50, 125, 128; reciprocal of, 46; average of universe, 54; three categories of, 49-50.
mechanistic theories of life, 41, 42, 47-48; (see also: life, theories of).
memory, 111, 123.
mental phenomena, 108, 110, 123.
mental process, 108; (see also: mind).
mercury drops, 38-39.
metabolic process, 45, 105, 124, 125.
metabolism, 64, 125.
metaphysics, 5.
meteorites, 69.
meteors, 69, 70; seed bearing, 69, 70.
Milky Way, 75-77, 86, 95; size of, 87.
mind, 108, 109, 113-114, 115, 116; law of, 115, 117; as facing one direction in time, 11-119; pseudo-living, 108, 110, 11, 114, 126.
minimum points, 82; (see also: universe, sections of).
mirror, 9; and reversal, 9.
mitosis, 38-39.
molar energy, 19, 40, 45, 108, 129.
molar motions, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 107, 128; caused by heat, 25, 26, 27.
molecular motion, 17.
molecule, 13; right, left-handed, 113.
momenta, law of reversal of, 11.
momentum, 14.
moon, 75, 130.
motion, proper, 28, 73-74, 76, 98, 101; laws of, 14, 126; internal, 16; molar, 19, 23, 25, 26, 27, 107, 128; molecular, 17.
motion picture reversal, 10, 35, 38-39, 120, 121.

Nebular Hypothesis, 75, 86-99.
"Nebula in Motion", 96, 104, 129; (see also: Nova Persei, 1901).
nebulae, 51, 67, 68, 88-99, 103; surrounding novae, 98.
negative section (see universe).
negative tendency (see tendency).
nervous system, 106, 107, 108.
nitrogen, 61.
nitrogen fixing bacteria, 61-62.
nitroglycerine, 46.
novae (see stars, temporary).
Nova Persei, 1901, 87, 95-96, 98, 104, 129-130.

objections to theory, 5, 127-130.

objects, physical, 106, 109-110; feeling in, 109-110; (see also: tendency, positive).
observer, psychological nature of, 5, 111-119.

[Olbers' paradox], 74.
organic compounds, 61.
organic structures, 104.
organisms, living, 105, 106, 107, 126; pseudo-living, 63, 64, 101, 102, 103, 105-110 Chap XV, 112, 122, 126; (see also: tendency, negative).
organs, 43.
oxygen, 66, 95; explosion of, 95.

[paradox, Olbers'], 74.
particles, compound, 52, 124; ultimate, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 34, 44-45, 52, 72, 124; absorption of, 44-45, vibration of, 97; (see also: matter).
pear-shape of earth, 93; of star, 93.
Perseus, new star in (see Nova Persei, 1901).
Pflüger, 66, 67-68.
philosophers, 4.
physical causality, 12, 13; (see also causal relation).
Planetesimal Hypothesis, 91-95, 97-98, 104.
planets, 68, 69, 72, 89, 91, 101, 102, 103; major, 68; collision of, 70; living, 103; death of, 104.
positive tendency (see tendency).
Preyer, 68, 70.
probabilities, 5, 34, 53, 54, 56-59, 70, 73, 82, 83, 84, 86; and second law, 23-30, 31-33; and universe, 31-33, 54;zero, 53-54; fortuitous concurrence, 5; accidental combination, 57-58; uncertainty, 110-111; random points, 53; random movement, 26; improbable conditions, 56-59; range of positions & velocities, 31-33.
probability, theory of, 5, 73; zero, 53-54.
proper motion, 28, 73-74, 76, 98, 101.
proteid, 66.
protoplasm, 68.
pseudo-living organism (see organisms).

radium, 51.
reason and consequence, 12; and cause and effect, 27; (see also: causal relation).
reflection,16.
refraction, 16; (see also: light).
reproduction, 43.
repulsion, laws of, 15.
reserve energy, 3, 5, 20, 21, 37, 45-46, 48, 49, 52, 64, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 115, 121, 122, 124, 125; (see also: energy)
rest, relative, 29.
reversal, 9; mirror and, 9; psychological aspect of, Chap.XVI, 11-119
reversibility with respect to time, 3, 9, 49, 50, 104, 105.
right, left, difference between, 113.
right, left-handed substances, 113.
Royce, Prof. Josiah, 109.

Satellites, planetary, 89, 91.
Saturn, 90, 93.
Second law of thermodynamics, 3, 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22-30, Chap. IV, 31-33, Chap. V, 34-40, Chap. VIII, 57, 67, 76, 79, 98 100, 103, 112, 116, 117, 120, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131; defined, 18, 22, 90, 117; paradox of, 22-30, 31-33; solution of, 33-40: extension of, 49-55; psychological aspects of, 5, 11-119, Chap. XVI; as general tendency, 23; as reverse of life 4-5, 37-40, 112, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 128, 130; cyanogen and, 67; mechanical efficiency and, 20; as not deducible from reversible laws, 4, 5, 22-23.

sensation, 108.
sensitiveness, 106, 107, 123, 126; (see also: pseudo-living organism).
Shedrin's story, 44.
shooting stars (see meteors).
silicates, 61.
silicon, 60-61.
solar system, 69, 72, 75, 76, 91, 123.
sound, 107.
southern hemisphere sky, 76.
space, 9, 10, 69, 72-87, 89, 103, 104; infinity of, 73; density of, 73; outside 103.
specific heat, 13, 20.
speculative nature of theory, 3, 5, 127, 131.
speed, 11.
Spencer, 4.
spiral nebula, 91.
spontaneous generation, 58, 66-67, 123, 125.
square root of -1, 114-115.
stars, 51, 69, 72-87, 88-99, 100-104, 125; number of visible, 98; white hot, 79; binary, 93; multiple 93; in living condition, 102; brightness of, 74-75; pear shape of, 93; outside Herschel drum, 78; proper motion of, 28, 73-74, 76, 98, 101; opposite currents of, 28, 76; newly formed, 51, 93.
stars, evolution of, 51, 88-99, 100-104; pre-nebular stage of, 98, 100; ring stage of, 93; explosion of, 93; death of, 104; generations of, 91-92.
stars, temporary, 94-95, 98-99, 122, 129; general explanation of, 99; average frequency of appearance of, 99.
stellar systems, 69, 72, 77, 88, 94, 102-104, 122; movement of, 102-104, 122; evolution of, 94, 98, 102, 104, 122; death of, 103, 104; pre-nebular condition, 98, 102.
structures, organic, 104.
sun, the, 51, 64, 68, 69, 75, 130; life on, 64, 130; in other systems, 91; as center of universe, 75.
super-elastic collisions, 19, 56, 125.
surface tension, 93.

teleology, apparent, 37, 43, 48, 64, 81, 123.
temperature, 19.
tendencies, distinction between, 121, 122, 125-126; ratio of, 80; majority, minority, 64, 105, 111, 123, 124, 126; alternation between, 124; preponderance of one, 32-33; equal probability of, 56, 64, 119; generation of opposite, 125; universality of, 122-123; misc. properties of, 126.
tendency, negative, 32, 35, 36, 2, 47, 50-55, 56-59, 60-64, 97, 105, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125-126, 129; (see also: life).
tendency, positive, 32, 40, 42, 50-55, 56-59, 60-65, 97, 104, 108, 112, 119, 122, 123, 125-126, 129; probabilities of, 41; transformation to negative tendency, 57-58; as prevailing in our section, 60, 61, 62; observation of, 50-51.

Thompson, Sir William (see Kelvin).
three dimensional checkerboard structure (see universe).
tidal friction, theory of, 91, 97, 102.
tidal irritation, 102.
time, 5, 111-119, Chap. XVI, illusory flow of, 11, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 122, 126; reversal of, 3, 9, 49, 50, 104, 105; infinite past, 28; as dimension, 9, 118-119; as two directional, 113-114, 116, 117, 118; sensitiveness to, 106, 107, 123.
ultimate particles, 15, 22, 52, 72, 124; (see also: matter).
uncertainty, 110, 11; (see also: probabilities).
universe, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25-26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40; probabilistic description of, 31-33, 54;
universe, astronomical, 72-87, 88-89, Chap. XIII, 100-104, Chap. XIV; structure of, 81, 82, 100; our section of, 37-38, 40, 42, 50-51, 86-87, 127; drum shape of, 75, 77; gravitational center of, 78; all motion in, 28; as that which makes up existence, 77; course of, 17.
universe, creation of, 30, 34, 65, 88-89, 100-104; evolution of, zero, 114; absolute, 20, 28, 29 88-104; death of, 27, 72-87; Great Explosion theory of, 30; Great Collision theory of, 28-29, 76
universe, reverse, 9-13, Chap. I, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 39, 40
universe, sections of, 81-87, 100-104; negative, 100-104; positive, 61, 63, 86, 100-104; boundary between, 79, 81, 102; white and black, 80, 81, 82; three-dimensional checkerboard arrangement of, 81; harmonic vibrationary form of, 83-84; X shape of, 83-84, 88; volume of, 83; prevailing tendencies in, 60, 61, 62, 63, 100-104; see also: tendencies).
universe, theories of, 72-79; Nebular Hypothesis, 75, 88-99; Planetesimal Hypothesis, 91-95, 97-98, 104; Great Collision, Explosion, 28-30, 76; reversibility theory of cosmogony, 100-104; (see also: stars).
uranium, 51.

velocity, 26.
verifying experiments, 3, 109; of negative tendency, 129; arguments based on, 12, 73, 109.
Verworn, 46, 47.
Vibrations, molecular, 17; of electrons, 53; simple harmony, 83.
"vital force", 41, 42; (see also: life, theories of).

water, 66, 95.

zero, 114; absolute, 20, 28, 29.

—Compiled by Dan Mahony

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