X 



CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PAOK 



That the Motive Forces Acting from the Centre of the 

 Earth and from the Centre of the Sun may appro- 

 priately BE TERMED EVANESCENCE . . . .90 



BOOK IV. 



EFFECTS OF SOLAR AND LUNAR GRAVITATION. 



THEORY OP THE TIDES. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Normal Positions of the Tides in relation to the Forces 



BY which they are RAISED ...... 



CHAPTER X. 



Movements of the Tides in relation to the Surface of 

 THE Earth ......... 



BOOK V. 



AN INVESTIGATION OF OCEAN CURRENTS, 



SHOWING 



THAT A circulation ACCORDING WITH THE ACTION OP VIS- 

 INERTIA DESCRIBED IN BOOK II. EXISTS IN THE OCEAN. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Evidences of the Current-Creating Action of Vis- 



iNERTIyE RESULTING FROM THE AxiAL ROTATION OF THE 



Earth. 



Part I. — Evidences of the Existence of the Cui-rents 

 described as Enclosing the Oceanic Districts 

 shown on the Charts on Plates I, and TI. . 121 



