A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.343

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The molecular arrangement in the case of bi-Bhautic compounds is very peculiar. Two substances, say Earth and Ap (water), form a quasi-compound, first, and each substance breaks up into atoms, one atom of Earth comes into contact with one of Ap. But the two do not form a binary molecule. Instead, this contact of heterogeneous atoms leads to a curious result. The atom of Earth combines with a neighbouring atom of its own class, and forms a binary molecule. Simultaneously the atom of Ap combines with another Ap-atom, and forms a binary molecule. Now the first binary molecule links on to the atom of Ap, and similarly the second binary molecule links on to the atom of Earth. The moment after, the two binary molecules take on the physicochemical characters of Earth and Ap respectively, and simultaneously with the assumption of these physico-chemical characters, the binary molecules enter into complex contact (संयोगज संयोग). In all this process, work is done only in the first instant, in the contact of an atom of Earth with one of Ap—the resulting contacts, of atom with binary molecule and of the binary molecules with each other, involve no further expendition of Energy. Thus we get a particle holding two binary molecules (of Earth and Ap respectively) in complex contact, and such particles continue to be formed. In this way the particles of the two substances arrange themselves, and the peculiarity of this molecular arrangement explains the resulting mixed or compound qualities of this class of quasi-compounds. (संयोगजस्त संयोगः) उतपन्नमावस्य चिरोत्पन्नस्य वा निष्क्रयस्य कारणयोगिकारणैः कारणा-कारणसंयोगपूर्वकः कार्याकार्यगतः संयोगः ।...... एकस्माच्च द्वयोरुत्पत्तिः । कथम् । यदा पार्थिवाप्योरखौ संयोगे सति अन्येन पार्थिवेन पार्थिवस्य अन्येन आप्येन च आप्यस्य युगपत्संयोगो भवस्तदा ताभ्यां संयोगाभ्यां पार्थिवाप्य द्व्यणुके युगपदारभ्यते । ततो यस्मिन् काले द्व्यणुकयोः कारणगुणापूर्वकक्रमेण रूपाद्युत्पत्तिः तस्मिन्नेव काले इतरेतर-कारणाकारणगतात् संयोगात इतरेतरकार्याकार्यगतौ संयोगौ युगपदुत्पद्यते । किं कारणम् । कारणसंयोगिना