XYiii. t CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



METEORS. 



Strange theories regarding them. Sir Wm. Thomson's. Seed bearing 

 Meteors. Prof. Newton on November Meteors. No orbit of 

 Meteors. Meteors caused by pressure and reciprocation. Dr. Sorby 

 the microscopist on Meteors. Prof. Graham on the Leonarto Meteor. 

 The great November showers caused by a Comet. The yearly and 

 ordinary Meteors caused by pressure 178181. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



AURORA BOREALIS. 



Visible at both poles. Mairan on the extent of the Sun's atmosphere. 

 Lardner on Auroras. M. Biot on Polar Volcanoes. Distance of 

 Auroras. Seen by Aeronauts below them. Facts. Caused by 

 mineral emanations from the Polar Latitudes. How they affect the 

 compasses. Why seen on Calm evenings. Dew. Cause of colours. 

 Similarity between Auroras and Meteors 182 185 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



MEDICINE ; OR, THE LIFE ACTION OF THE BOOT, AND THE CAUSE AND 

 CURE OF DISEASE. 



A reTolution in medicine. The cause of disease unknown. Incurable 

 diseases. Not creditable to the profession. What are our bodiei 

 composed of? What keeps up life in us ? What is blood 1 How 

 is blood formed? How is the material we eat transformed into 

 blood ? What causes and keeps up the circulation of the blood ? 

 What is life ? The magnetic action of the body. The function 

 of the blood. How the waste from the body is thrown off. Hot 

 water. Purging Emetics. The body compared to a fire. Indi- 

 gestion. Consumption, its cause and cure. Fevers.. . .186 195. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



ATOMAGNETISM AND RELIGION. 



Religion not affected by Atomagnetism. The inherent life in atoms 

 and the spontaneous development of the mind, seem grand ar- 

 guments for the Materialist. The movements of Planets and 

 Comets. The great machinery of the universe. What need of a 

 God ? Man fancies himself a Monarch. No animal intelligence 

 his superior. Only a parasite. Chained to the earth. On a level 

 with his dog. Matter existed without properties. Who endowed 

 it with them? Divine mind of man. Magnetism not God. How 

 simple, miracles must be to Him who formed and holds the key of 

 natural law. Insignificance of man 196 199. 



