CONTENTS 



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I INTRODUCTORY 7 



II GRAVITATION vs. INERTIA AS THE MOTIVE 



POWER OF PLANETS 15 



III THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 43 



IV GRAVISTATIC HEAT 57 



V THE TIDES AND TIDAL ROTATION 73 



VI MA us IN His ICY CUIRASS 93 



VII THE MOON IN MASQUERADE - 111 



VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS 131 



IX A RATIONAL COSMOGONY 141 



X RECAPITULATION - - - 155 



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