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Pattison
point in question.
AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. it is apparent, to the numerical differences
in the combination of the component atoms Muir on the constituting the structure of a molecule of
each of them. But is the numerical differences in the combination adequate to explain the causes of differences in question ? The molecule of Ammonium of Cyanate is composed of two atoms of Nitrogen, one atom of Oxygen, one atom of Carbon, and four atoms of Hydrogen ; and the molecule of Urea is composed of the same number of the same atoms. How, then, can the properties of the two molecules be different from one another ? “What can that circumstance be", rightly enquires Pattison Muir in answer to the above question, "except the arrangement of the atoms that compose the molecules ?"
But the answer of Pattison Muir given in the form of interrogation, will it satisfy the reflecting mind yearning for a rational solution for the differences in question in things we everyday find around us ? To say that the difference is due to the difference in the arrangement of atoms forming the composition of the two molecules is to
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