Its varied Characters, and constant change of external Form--The Grain of Dust, its Properties and Powers--Combinations in inorganic Masses and in organized Creations--Our knowledge of Matter--Theory of Ultimate Atoms--The Physical Forces acting on the Composition of Masses--The certainty of the exercise of subtile principles, which are beyond the reach of experimental Science 1 Are the Physical Forces modes of Motion?--Motion defined--Philosophical Views of Motion, and the Principles to which it has been referred--Motions of the Earth and of the Solar System--Visible Proofs of the Earth’s Motion on its Axis--Influence of the proper Motions of the Earth on the Conditions of Matter--Theory o…
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