CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



I. THE FABRIC OF MATTER THE ATOMIC THEORY 



IN ITS FIRST BEGINNINGS 



2. LUCRETIUS 



3. THE GROWTH OF THE MODERN MECHANIC CON 



CEPTION OF MATTER . 



4. ATOMS AND MOLECULES . 



5. ELECTRONS 



6. MORE ABOUT ELECTRONS . 



7. ELECTRONS AND THE AURORA BOREALIS 



8. MATTER AND ITS DEMATERIALISATION 



9. THE ETHER 



10. COSMOGONIES . 



11. NEBULA . 



12. THE EARTH 



13. LIFE 



14. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 



SALTUM " 



NATURA NON 



FECIT 



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