ABSTRACT
The phenomena and the mathematico-astronomical knowledge of the structure of the universe justify the theory that, long before the first existence of organisms, the whole earth was a fiery fluid globe. Only gradually, by radiating its intrinsic heat into the cold space of the universe, has the surface of the glowing ball become condensed into a thin crust. The glowing heat of the streams of lava, upon issuing from the interior of the earth, shows a temperature of 2000° and more. In early, and also in more recent times, numerous and interesting experiments have been made as to the possibility or reality of spontaneous generation. One of the first processes of adaptation effected by the Moneron originating by spontaneous generation must have been the condensation of an external crust, which as a protecting covering shut in the softer interior from the hostile influences of the outer world.
