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something new and interesting for the intellectual nourishment of 
his readers.” Clear phys sical views must precede the application 
ral 
in their acknowledgments to Faraday. Mr. omson says: 
“ Faraday, without mathematics, onto the result of the math- 
ematical investigation; and, w at s proved of infinite value to 
the mathematicians themselves, he ‘as given them an articulate 
language in which to express ‘their results, Indeed, the whole 
language of the magnetic field an es of force is Faraday’ s. It 
must be said for the or cepa dag hes they greedily accepted 
it, and — ever since been most zealous in using it to the best 
advanta 
It is ace expected that the new views of physics will be gen- 
erally seis ted without vigorous opposition. A large von of 
intellectual capital has been honestly invested in the fortunes of 
the other side. The change is recommended by powerful phaaieal 
ar ents, and s disenthralls the theories of science ese oe 
new mathematics will outweigh the superiority of the new physics. 
e old question, in regard to the nature of gravitation, was 
never settled: it was simply dropped. Now it is revived with as 
much earnestness as ever, and with more intelligence. Astronomy 
ies ical an - 
tion, that the velocity of the force of gravitation could not be 
less than eight million times the velocity of light; in fact, that it 
was infinite. Those who believe in action at a ‘Gatance eannot 
proper ly speak of the transmission of geavi tation. Simcha can be 
sant = no other mnicoues, uauee or analysis. It is not 
that Fai sis and others, who had lost rae faith in 
