in each of which the controlling mode of vibration is respectively,
- I. The Enharmonic.
- II. The Harmonic.
- III. The Dominant.
But it must be understood that each of these modes is a positive and real constituent of every atom and molecule.
It will be seen that as every form of material aggregation is to be considered as a “neutral centre of attraction,” where the vibratory force of all three orders are held in “sympathetic coincidence,” that is, in balanced activity or harmonized motion, and not by any means cancelled or mutually destroyed, there is no diminution of force, but only temporary suspension of its radiating or propulsive activity or expression.
This is the foundation of Keely’s doctrine of “latent force,” and of the indefinite power which can be obtained by breaking up the harmonious balance or equation of forces of every mode, which exists in every “neutral centre,” that is to say in every mass of matter.
Insomuch as every mass of matter consists thus, in fact, of vibrations in harmonic equilibrium, related by simple proportions of thirds, it follows that every mass of every description stands in harmonic relation to every other mass. This is, in part, what is meant by the sympathy of all forms of matter and of motion; and it is through the study of the methods of increasing or diminishing this sympathy that we reach practical results in this field of research. At present this is best accomplished by resonance; that is, through the harmonic vibrations created by musical instruments, bringing out the acoustic world as the microscope reveals the hidden visual world.
Every visible or tangible mass of matter must be regarded as an aggregation of molecules; the molecules being the true centres of the equated forces of “neutralized attraction.”
These molecules have been experimentally proved by Keely to be formed of all three modes of vibration; the proof being that they respond to all three modes when subjected to the tests of compound concordant impulses.
When in that state of neutral aggregation which we know as matter, each molecule is in perpetual oscillation, the range of the oscillation being one-third of the molecule, and its rapidity 20,000 oscillations in a second.
It is through the disturbance of this oscillatory equilibrium, by means of resonant impulses, that Keely alters the relations of the vibratory impulses which constitute matter. This he does by striking the same chord in three octaves, representing the third, sixth, and ninth of the scale.