CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII PART I
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
APPENDICES APPENDIX I
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX
BY
JOHN TYNDALL, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.
NEW YORK P. F. COLLIER & SON MCMII 7
SCIENCE
TO THE MEMORY
OF
MY FRIEND RICHARD DAWES
LATE DEAN OF HEREFORD
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
J. T.