[Winds] [59]

[Entertained theories erroneous][Their true character][What gives rise to the currents][Purely vito-magnetic phenomena][Philosophical considerations drawn from observation][Whirlwinds, waterspouts, and tornadoes][The Barbadoes][Manufactured wind][Wind within a wind][Winds may not arise from presumed causes][A great cosmical system].

[CHAPTER X.]

[Sun-spots] [70]

[Old theories][Degrees of spot-shadow overestimated][What spots are not, and what they are][They are caused by magnetic perturbations][Inconsistency of accepted theories][Figures that are deceptive][Effects of these wonderful phenomena][Mistaken conceptions][May not be tabulated][Unbiassed estimate of their character and location].

[CHAPTER XI.]

[Sounds, and their Transmission] [77]

[Essential character and mode of progression][Waves have no act or part in their conveyance].

[CHAPTER XII.]

[Some of the Results of the foregoing Theories] [79]