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The Earth and all Spheres framed alike. 



3. (Page 26.) " The earth belongs to a 

 system of planets analogous to itself, having 

 the same origin, the same destiny, situated 

 around the same centre and governed by the 

 same motive power."- FLAM MARIAN. 



Mutual Relations of Earth and Sun. 



4. (Page 27.) "A mysterious chain links 

 together the celestial and terrestrial forces. 

 According to the ancient signification of the 

 Titanic myth, the powers of organic life, that 

 is to say, the great order of nature, depend 

 upon the combined action of heaven and 

 earth."- HUMBOLDT. 



The Sun s Body Dark. 



5. (Page 30.) "HERSCHEL'S fixed idea 

 was that the darkness of a spot was an indi- 

 cation of a cool habitable globe." 



A New Theory of the Nature of Water. 



6. (Page 36.) M. MAICHE, in Les Mondes, 

 propounds the theory, reached after numerous 

 experiments, that water is simply hydrogen 

 plus electricity, or oxygen minus electricity, 



