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I THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY

II THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY

III THE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY

IV THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY

VTHE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY

VI MODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT

VII THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

VIIITHE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

IX THE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER

APPENDIX REFERENCE-LIST

CHAPTER ITHE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY

CHAPTER IITHE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY

CHAPTER IIITHE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY

CHAPTER IVTHE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY

CHAPTER VTHE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY

CHAPTER VIMODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT

CHAPTER VIITHE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

CHAPTER VIIITHE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

CHAPTER IXTHE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER

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CHAPTER II
THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY

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(p. 25). William Herschel, Phil. Trans. for 1783, vol. LXXIII.

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(p. 30). Kant's Cosmogony, ed. and trans. by W. Hartie, D.D., Glasgow, 900, pp. 74-81.

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(p. 39). Exposition du système du monde (included in Œuvres Complètes), by M. le Marquis de Laplace, vol. VI., p. 498.

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(p. 48). From The Scientific Papers of J. Clerk-Maxwell, edited by W. D. Nevin, M.A. (2 vols.), vol. I., pp. 372-374. This is a reprint of Clerk-Maxwell's prize paper of 1859.

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