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42:7.1 The [[formation]] of all [[matter]] is on the order of the [[solar system]]. There is at the [[center]] of every minute [[universe]] of [[energy]] a [[relatively]] [[stable]], comparatively stationary, [[nuclear]] portion of [[material]] [[existence]]. This [[central]] [[unit]] is [[endowed]] with a threefold [[possibility]] of [[manifestation]]. Surrounding this [[energy]] [[center]] there whirl, in endless profusion but in fluctuating [[circuits]], the [[energy]] [[units]] which are faintly comparable to the [[planets]] encircling the [[sun]] of some [[star]]ry [[group]] like your own [[solar system]].

42:7.1 The [[formation]] of all [[matter]] is on the order of the [[solar system]]. There is at the [[center]] of every minute [[universe]] of [[energy]] a [[relatively]] [[stable]], comparatively stationary, [[nuclear]] portion of [[material]] [[existence]]. This [[central]] [[unit]] is [[endowed]] with a threefold [[possibility]] of [[manifestation]]. Surrounding this [[energy]] [[center]] there whirl, in endless profusion but in fluctuating [[circuits]], the [[energy]] [[units]] which are faintly comparable to the [[planets]] encircling the [[sun]] of some [[star]]ry [[group]] like your own [[solar system]].

42:7.2 Within the [[atom]] the [[electrons]] revolve about the [[central]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with about the same [[comparative]] room the [[planets]] have as they revolve about the [[sun]] in the [[space]] of the [[solar system]]. There is the [[same]] [[relative]] [[distance]], in comparison with [[actual]] size, between the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] and the inner [[electronic]] [[circuit]] as exists between the inner [[planet]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury Mercury], and your [[sun]].

42:7.2 Within the [[atom]] the [[electrons]] revolve about the [[central]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with about the same [[comparative]] room the [[planets]] have as they revolve about the [[sun]] in the [[space]] of the [[solar system]]. There is the [[same]] [[relative]] [[distance]], in comparison with [[actual]] size, between the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] and the inner [[electronic]] [[circuit]] as exists between the inner [[planet]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury Mercury], and your [[sun]].

42:7.3 The [[electronic]] [[axial]] [[revolutions]] and their [[orbital]] [[velocities]] about the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] are both beyond the [[human]] [[imagination]], not to mention the [[velocities]] of their component [[ultimatons]]. The positive [[particles]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] fly off into [[space]] at the rate of ten thousand miles a second, while the negative particles attain a [[velocity]] [[Light year|approximating that of light]].

42:7.3 The [[electronic]] [[axial]] [[revolutions]] and their [[orbital]] [[velocities]] about the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] are both beyond the [[human]] [[imagination]], not to mention the [[velocities]] of their component [[ultimatons]]. The positive [[particles]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] fly off into [[space]] at the rate of ten thousand miles a second, while the negative particles attain a [[velocity]] [[Light year|approximating that of light]].

42:7.4 The [[local universes]] are of [[decimal]] [[Creation|construction]]. There are just one hundred distinguishable [[atomic]] [[materializations]] of [[space]]-[[energy]] in a [[dual]] [[universe]]; that is the maximum [[possible]] [[organization]] of [[matter]] in [[Nebadon]]. These one hundred [[forms]] of [[matter]] consist of a regular [[series]] in which from one to one hundred [[electrons]] revolve around a central and [[relatively]] compact [[nucleus]]. It is this orderly and dependable [[association]] of various [[energies]] that [[constitutes]] [[matter]].

42:7.4 The [[local universes]] are of [[decimal]] [[Creation|construction]]. There are just one hundred distinguishable [[atomic]] [[materializations]] of [[space]]-[[energy]] in a [[dual]] [[universe]]; that is the maximum [[possible]] [[organization]] of [[matter]] in [[Nebadon]]. These one hundred [[forms]] of [[matter]] consist of a regular [[series]] in which from one to one hundred [[electrons]] revolve around a central and [[relatively]] compact [[nucleus]]. It is this orderly and dependable [[association]] of various [[energies]] that [[constitutes]] [[matter]].

42:7.5 Not every world will show one hundred recognizable [[elements]] at the [[surface]], but they are somewhere present, have been present, or are in [[process]] of [[evolution]]. Conditions surrounding the [[origin]] and subsequent [[evolution]] of a [[planet]] determine how many of the one hundred [[atomic]] [[types]] will be [[observable]]. The heavier [[atoms]] are not found on the surface of many worlds. Even on [[Urantia]] the known heavier elements [[manifest]] a tendency to fly to pieces, as is [[illustrated]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] [[behavior]].

42:7.5 Not every world will show one hundred recognizable [[elements]] at the [[surface]], but they are somewhere present, have been present, or are in [[process]] of [[evolution]]. Conditions surrounding the [[origin]] and subsequent [[evolution]] of a [[planet]] determine how many of the one hundred [[atomic]] [[types]] will be [[observable]]. The heavier [[atoms]] are not found on the surface of many worlds. Even on [[Urantia]] the known heavier elements [[manifest]] a tendency to fly to pieces, as is [[illustrated]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] [[behavior]].

42:7.6 [[Stability]] of the [[atom]] depends on the [[number]] of electrically inactive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrons neutrons] in the [[central]] [[body]]. [[Chemical]] [[behavior]] is wholly dependent on the [[activity]] of the freely revolving [[electrons]].

42:7.6 [[Stability]] of the [[atom]] depends on the [[number]] of electrically inactive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrons neutrons] in the [[central]] [[body]]. [[Chemical]] [[behavior]] is wholly dependent on the [[activity]] of the freely revolving [[electrons]].

42:7.7 In [[Orvonton]] it has never been [[possible]] naturally to assemble over one hundred orbital [[electrons]] in one [[atomic]] [[system]]. When one hundred and one have been [[artificially]] introduced into the orbital field, the result has always been the instantaneous disruption of the central [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with the wild [[dispersion]] of the [[electrons]] and other [[liberated]] [[energies]].

42:7.7 In [[Orvonton]] it has never been [[possible]] naturally to assemble over one hundred orbital [[electrons]] in one [[atomic]] [[system]]. When one hundred and one have been [[artificially]] introduced into the orbital field, the result has always been the instantaneous disruption of the central [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with the wild [[dispersion]] of the [[electrons]] and other [[liberated]] [[energies]].

42:7.8 While [[atoms]] may contain from one to one hundred [[orbital]] [[electrons]], only the outer ten [[electrons]] of the larger atoms revolve about the central [[nucleus]] as distinct and [[discrete]] bodies, intactly and compactly swinging around on precise and definite [[orbits]]. The thirty [[electrons]] nearest the [[center]] are [[difficult]] of [[observation]] or detection as separate and [[organized]] [[bodies]]. This same comparative [[ratio]] of [[electronic]] [[behavior]] in [[relation]] to nuclear proximity obtains in all [[atoms]] regardless of the [[number]] of [[electrons]] [[embraced]]. The nearer the [[nucleus]], the less there is of [[electronic]] [[individuality]]. The [[wavelike]] [[energy]] extension of an [[electron]] may so spread out as to occupy the whole of the lesser [[atomic]] [[orbits]]; especially is this true of the [[electrons]] nearest the atomic [[nucleus]].

42:7.8 While [[atoms]] may contain from one to one hundred [[orbital]] [[electrons]], only the outer ten [[electrons]] of the larger atoms revolve about the central [[nucleus]] as distinct and [[discrete]] bodies, intactly and compactly swinging around on precise and definite [[orbits]]. The thirty [[electrons]] nearest the [[center]] are [[difficult]] of [[observation]] or detection as separate and [[organized]] [[bodies]]. This same comparative [[ratio]] of [[electronic]] [[behavior]] in [[relation]] to nuclear proximity obtains in all [[atoms]] regardless of the [[number]] of [[electrons]] [[embraced]]. The nearer the [[nucleus]], the less there is of [[electronic]] [[individuality]]. The [[wavelike]] [[energy]] extension of an [[electron]] may so spread out as to occupy the whole of the lesser [[atomic]] [[orbits]]; especially is this true of the [[electrons]] nearest the atomic [[nucleus]].

42:7.9 The thirty innermost [[orbital]] [[electrons]] have [[individuality]], but their [[energy]] [[systems]] tend to intermingle, extending from electron to electron and well-nigh from orbit to orbit. The next thirty [[electrons]] [[constitute]] the second [[family]], or [[energy]] zone, and are of advancing [[individuality]], [[bodies]] of [[matter]] exerting a more complete [[control]] over their attendant energy [[systems]]. The next thirty [[electrons]], the third energy zone, are still more individualized and [[circulate]] in more distinct and definite [[orbits]]. The last ten electrons, present in only the ten heaviest [[elements]], are possessed of the [[dignity]] of [[independence]] and are, therefore, able to escape more or less [[freely]] from the [[control]] of the [[mother]] [[nucleus]]. With a minimum variation in [[temperature]] and [[pressure]], the members of this fourth and outermost [[group]] of [[electrons]] will escape from the grasp of the central [[nucleus]], as is [[illustrated]] by the [[spontaneous]] disruption of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] and kindred [[elements]].

42:7.9 The thirty innermost [[orbital]] [[electrons]] have [[individuality]], but their [[energy]] [[systems]] tend to intermingle, extending from electron to electron and well-nigh from orbit to orbit. The next thirty [[electrons]] [[constitute]] the second [[family]], or [[energy]] zone, and are of advancing [[individuality]], [[bodies]] of [[matter]] exerting a more complete [[control]] over their attendant energy [[systems]]. The next thirty [[electrons]], the third energy zone, are still more individualized and [[circulate]] in more distinct and definite [[orbits]]. The last ten electrons, present in only the ten heaviest [[elements]], are possessed of the [[dignity]] of [[independence]] and are, therefore, able to escape more or less [[freely]] from the [[control]] of the [[mother]] [[nucleus]]. With a minimum variation in [[temperature]] and [[pressure]], the members of this fourth and outermost [[group]] of [[electrons]] will escape from the grasp of the central [[nucleus]], as is [[illustrated]] by the [[spontaneous]] disruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] and kindred [[elements]].

42:7.10 The first twenty-seven [[atoms]], those containing from one to twenty-seven [[orbital]] [[electrons]], are more easy of [[comprehension]] than the rest. From twenty-eight upward we encounter more and more of the [[Random|unpredictability]] of the supposed [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. But some of this [[electronic]] unpredictability is due to [[differential]] [[ultimatonic]] [[axial]] [[revolutionary]] [[velocities]] and to the [[unexplained]] "huddling" [[proclivity]] of [[ultimatons]]. Other [[influences]]—[[physical]], [[electrical]], [[magnetic]], and [[gravitational]]—also operate to produce [[variable]] electronic [[behavior]]. [[Atoms]] therefore are similar to [[persons]] as to [[predictability]]. [[Statisticians]] may [[announce]] [[laws]] [[governing]] a large [[number]] of either [[atoms]] or [[persons]] but not for a single [[individual]] atom or person.

42:7.10 The first twenty-seven [[atoms]], those containing from one to twenty-seven [[orbital]] [[electrons]], are more easy of [[comprehension]] than the rest. From twenty-eight upward we encounter more and more of the [[Random|unpredictability]] of the supposed [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. But some of this [[electronic]] unpredictability is due to [[differential]] [[ultimatonic]] [[axial]] [[revolutionary]] [[velocities]] and to the [[unexplained]] "huddling" [[proclivity]] of [[ultimatons]]. Other [[influences]]—[[physical]], [[electrical]], [[magnetic]], and [[gravitational]]—also operate to produce [[variable]] electronic [[behavior]]. [[Atoms]] therefore are similar to [[persons]] as to [[predictability]]. [[Statisticians]] may [[announce]] [[laws]] [[governing]] a large [[number]] of either [[atoms]] or [[persons]] but not for a single [[individual]] atom or person.

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