Download or read book Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1863, Vol. 18 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 1863, Vol. 18 Thus far, then, we have got; the phenomenon itself is no fiction, however erroneous may be the explanation of it by a flood. Innumerable Observations with the compass have shown that the scratches and striations are there, that there must further have been various centres whence the pheno mena originated, and finally, that in some places at least, the force has operated again and again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.