[3]The specific heat of the ether being a constant factor, it may be divided out.

[4]A term adopted by Prof. Faraday to denote the mode in which bodies are carried along by an electrical current.

[5]Ottawa, Ill.

[6]The principal cause of these waves is, no doubt, due to the vortices, and the eastern progress of the waves due to the rotating ether; but, at present, it will not be necessary to separate these effects.

[7]The inner vortex may reach as high as 83° when the moon’s orbit is favorably situated.

[8]The curvature of the earth is more than 10 miles in a distance of 300 miles.

[9]In middle latitudes.


SECTION SECOND.

MECHANICAL ACTION OF THE MOON.