[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.