Read exhibit C. He exactly describes the first act of creation from a so called primordial particle or alternately the first fundamental particle as i describe in my work on Cloud Cosmology. Such a particle induces an expanding sphere of contained curvature and naturally internal boundedness inducing the creation through geometric decay of additional particles. This sphere is expanding internally at the speed of light.
The particles are three dimensional pendulums and exhibit strong gravitational attraction inducing rapid but sub light compression to ignition. Ignition produces the second tier of matter and ultimately but slower the third tier of matter as well.
I could not have better described the beginning of creation any better in terms of the language of the day than he did.
[ Try to understand how subtle this is for today let alone in 1840 or so. It took relativity to make this good or even imaginable - arclein ]