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complex types of matter appear. Sir Norman Lockyer has based
his theory of evolution of matter on evidence of a spectroscopic examination of the stars, and considers that temperature is the main factor in breaking up matter into its simpler forms. The transformation of matter occurring in the radio-elements is on the other hand spontaneous, and independent of temperature over the range examined.
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