[3] The specific heat of the ether being a constant factor, it may be
divided out.
[4] A term adopted by Prof. Faraday to denote the mode in which bodies
are carried along by an electrical current.
[5] Ottawa, Ill.
[6] The principal cause of these waves is, no doubt, due to the
vortices, and the eastern progress of the waves due to the rotating
ether; but, at present, it will not be necessary to separate these
effects.
[7] The inner vortex may reach as high as 83d when the moon's orbit is
favorably situated.
[8] The curvature of the earth is more than 10 miles in a distance of
300 miles.
[9] In middle latitudes.