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ILLUSTEATIONS OF THE WISDOM 



AND 



BENEVOLENCE OF THE DEITY 



AS MANIFESTED IN NATUKE. 



By HENEY EDWAEDS, LL.D., D.D., Etc. 



" There is a power above us, 

 And that there is, all Nature cries aloud 

 Through all her works." 



CHAPTER I. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE MINUTE CREATIONS OF ORGANIC LIFE. 



Animalcules — Their Minute Structure — Powers of Reproduction — Universal Diffusiou — Benefit 

 to Mankind — Arrest of Putrefaction — Nutriment to Plants. 



CHAPTEE II. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE CHEMICAL CONDITION AND PRESSURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. 



Composition of the Air — Mixture of Gases — Charcoal in Plants — Functions of Plants — Re-action 

 between Plants and Animals — Permeating Property of Gas — Affinity of Oxygen — Law of Eva- 

 poration — Weight and Pressure of the Air. 



CHAPTER III. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE EARTH AND OF "WATER. 



Elements of the Earth — Of Water — Intense Combination of Gases — Process of Oxydation — Dis- 

 tribution of Metals — Important Properties of Iron — Value and Abundance of Lime — Presence 

 of Lime in Shells, Vegetables, &c. — Dissemination of Poisonous Substances. 



CHAPTER VI. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE ORGANIC COMPOSITION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. 



Organic Chemistry — Gases in Plants — Convulsions of the Earth — Mixture and Combination of 

 Materials — Origin and Composition of Flesh — Transformation of Animal and Vegetable Atoms 

 — The Aldehyde of Liebig. 



CHAPTER V. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE BENEFICIAL DISTURBANCE AND NEW ARRANGEMENT OF 

 PARTICLES OF MATTER. 



Conversion of Starch into Sugar — Constituents of Quinine — Law of Reciprocity between the 

 Components of Plants and Animals— Animal Chemistry — Salt in the Blood — Fibrine — Caseine 

 — Continual Process of Decomposition and Recomposition — Decomposing Principle of Oxygen. 



CHAPTER VI. 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE PROPERTIES OF LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY. 



Influence of Light upon Plants and Animals — Upon the Formation of Crystals — Electricity, a 

 Modification of Caloric — Magnetic Property of the Earth — Influence of Electricity upon Vege- 

 tation — Conducting Power of Vegetable Points — Effects of Magnetism upon the System — The 

 Brain, an Electrical Battery. 



CHAPTER VII. 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS. 



An interesting and familiar Summary of natural phenomena addressed to young Philosophers, 

 and all who desire to 



" Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 

 Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." 



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