CONTENTS. yii 



MAGNITUDE AND MINUTENESS. 



1. Kelative magnitude. 2. Manifestations of Divine wisdom. 

 3. Smallness of great mountains compared with the bulk of the 

 earth. 4. Of the earth compared with Jupiter and Saturn. 

 5. With the Sun. 6. With other celestial objects. 7. Minute 

 particles of which all bodies are composed. 8. Solid, liquid, 

 and gaseous states how produced. 9. Mechanical subdivision. 

 10. Pulverised marble. 11. Inequalities of polished surfaces. 

 12. Particles of gold on touchstone. 13. Filaments of glass. 

 14. Micrometer wires. 15. Gold leaf. 16. Gilt silver threads 

 for embroidery. 17. Soap bubbles. 18. Insects' wings. 19. 

 Filaments of wool, silk, and fur. 20. Red Particles in the 

 blood. 21. Animalcules. 22. Spider's web. 23. Minute sub- 

 division of a grain of salt. 24. Of sulphate of copper. 

 25. Of musk. 26. Of strychnine. 27. Of ammoniacal hypo- 

 sulphite. 28. Of sugar. 29. Is matter infinitely divisible ? 

 30. Crystallisation of salt. 31. Ultimate atoms. 32. Natural 

 crystals. 33. Plane of cleavage. 34. Determinate figure of 

 ultimate atoms. 35. Principles of mechanical science indepen- 

 dent of this hypothesis. 36. Matter not destructible. 37. By 

 combustion. 38. By evaporation. 39. By destructive distil- 

 lation. 40. Nor by any other process 193 



