XIV CONTENTS. 



SECT. PAGE 



194. Lateral pressure ... .52 



195. The action of lateral pressure controlled by the forces of 



vis inertias, resulting from axial rotation and orbital 

 motion ... . . . . . . .52 



196. Changes of the earth's axis of rotation ; and conformity 



of the configuration of the earth with such as should 

 naturally result from the mechanical action of the 

 forces described . ..... 54 



CHAPTER IX. 



MOTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THEOUGH SPACE. 



1 97. That the southward motion of the solar system is a com- 

 pound motion : its motion being northwards in the 

 stellar system, and southwards, at a greater velocity, 

 with the stellar system ...... 58 



