J. R. Mayer on Celestial Dynamics. 397 
use the process in my other investigations), I have thought it 
its applicabilit l th d will x ; 
Seah nm : as a general method, and will report the results 
labiensioeairemepais 
Arr. XLL—On Celestial Dynamics ; by J. R. MaYER.* 
[Concluded from p. 243.] 
VII. The Tidal Wave. 
a forces and motions on the surface of 
e earth may be traced back to the rays of the sun. Some pro- 
cesses, however, form a remarkable exception. 
_ One of these is the tides. Beautiful, and in some a 
“Sareea researches on this phenomenon, have been made by 
ewton, Laplace, and others. The tides are caused by the at- 
traction exercised by the sun and the moon on the movable 
ue an analysis of amyl-aleohol, made in my laboratory by my friend Mr. Storer, 
this sake of familiarizing himself with the process,—it being his first analysis by 
i$ apparatus,—the fo lt was obtained. 
Ontlety in ces . 68°58 68:18 
“= Hydrogen, .-.--+ 1 
‘From L. E. & D. Phil. Mag., [4], vol. xxxv. 
