CONTRIBUTIONS TO
SOLAR AND TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS.
THEORIES OF THE
GREAT PHYSICAL FORCES. BY HENRY RAYMOND ROGERS, M.D.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. page The Sun 17 CHAPTER II. What is Proposed 20
ILLUSTRATIONS.
GREAT PHYSICAL FORCES.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. The Sun.
CHAPTER II. WHAT IS PROPOSED.
CHAPTER III. THE GREAT FORCES, THEIR CHARACTER AND OPERATIONS.
CHAPTER IV. SUNLIGHT. Its Source and Nature.
CHAPTER V. SUN-HEAT. Its Source and Limits.
CHAPTER VI. THE SEASONS. Why their varying Temperature?
CHAPTER VII. GRAVITY. Its Essential Nature, and its Source.
CHAPTER VIII. THE ATMOSPHERE. A Veritable Ocean.
CHAPTER IX. WINDS. Entertained theories Erroneous.
CHAPTER X. SUN-SPOTS. Grave Doubts.
CHAPTER XI. SOUND. Essential Character and Medium of Transmission.
CHAPTER XII. SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE FOREGOING THEORIES.
CHAPTER XIII. THE DIRECT INFLUENCE OF THESE FORCES AS CAUSATION OF DISEASE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER, AND THEIR UTILIZATION.
CHAPTER XV. WHY WAS NOT THIS DISCOVERY SOONER MADE?
APPENDIX.
ADDENDUM.
Transcriber's Notes
