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INDEX 



Quotations from (cont.) 



Shakespeare, 21, 39, 83, 292, 330 

 Swift, 341 

 Whitehead, A. N., 145 



Radiation pressure, 58 



Random element, 64; measurement 



of, 74 



Reality, meaning of, 282, 326 



Really true, 34 



Rectification of curves, 125 



Rejuvenescence, theories of, 85, 169 



Relata and relations, 230 



Relativity of velocity, 10, 54, 59, 61 ; 

 of space-frames, 21 ; of mag- 

 netic field, 22 ; of distance, 25 ; 

 of pound sterling, 26; of Now 

 (simultaneity), 46, 61; of ac- 

 celeration, 129; of standard of 

 length, 143 



Religion, 194, 281, 288, 322, 324, 



326, 333, 349 

 Retrospective symbols, 307, 308 

 Revolutions of scientific thought, 4, 



352 

 Right frames of space, 18, 20 



Roemer, O., 43 



Rotating masses, break-up of, 176 



Running down of universe, 63, 84 



Russell, B., 160, 277, 278 



Rutherford, E., 2, 327 



Scale (measuring), 12, 18, 24, 134, 



141 

 Schrodinger's theory, 199, 210, 225, 



305 

 Scientific and familiar worlds, xiii, 



247, 324 

 Second law of thermodynamics, 74, 



86 



Secondary law, 75, 79, 98 



Seen-now line9, 44, 47 



Selection by mind, 239, 243, 264, 



330 

 Self-comparison of space, 145 



Sense-organs, 51, 96, 266, 329 



Shadows, world of, xiv, 109 



Shuffling, 63, 92, 184 



Sidereal universe, 163 



Signals, speed of, 57 



Significances, 108, 329 



Simultaneity, 49, 61 



Singularities, 127 



Sirius, Companion of, 203 



de Sitter, W., 167 



Slithy toves, 291 



Solar system, origin of, 176 



Solar system type of atom, 2, 190 



Sorting, 93 



Space, 14, 16, 51, 81, 137 



Spasmodic moon, 226 



Spatial relations, 50 



Spectral lines, 205, 216; displace- 

 ment of, 121, 166 



Spherical curvature, radius of, 

 14c 



Spherical space, 82, 166, 289; ra- 

 dius of, 167 



Spiral nebulae, 165 



Spiritual world, 281, 288, 324, 349 



Standard metre, 141 



Stars, number of, 163 ; double, 175 ; 

 evolution of, 176; white 

 dwarfs, 203 



States, 197, 301 



Statistical laws, 244; mind's inter- 

 ference with, 313 



Statistics, 201, 300, 303 



Stratification, 47 



Stress, 129, 155, 262 



Structure, 234, 277 



Sub-aether, 211, 219 



Subjective element in physics, 95, 

 241 



Substance, ix, 273, 318 



Success, physical basis of, 346 



Sun, as a star, 164; age of, 169 



Supernatural, 309, 348 



Survey from within, 145, 321, 330 



Sweepstake theory, 189 



