CHAPTER II. 



WHAT IS PROPOSED. 



IN the following pages I shall endeavor to 

 set forth, in a simple and orderly manner, cer- 

 tain of my own theories of the Great Physi- 

 cal Forces. 



In these theories will be comprised the 

 identity of those forces, the intimate and es- 

 sential nature of sunlight, sun-heat, gravity, 

 sun-spots, winds and sounds, also the inti- 

 mate nature of the atmosphere. 



In treating these subjects my opinions will 

 not be found in accord with those which re- 

 ceive universal assent at the present time, 

 and I may thus unintentionally offend. I 

 shall therefore claim exceeding indulgence. 



If I differ from high authority, I have not 

 a thought of detraction. None can venerate 

 the NESTORS in science who have enriched its 

 annals, more than I, and though we reverse 

 their judgments, their errors are confessedly 

 our indispensable helps and guides. 



