... position at the present day. The present theories of the transmission of light and sound; of the production of winds, and sun-spots, and of the method of development and dissemination of heat, ... stored the coal in the bosom of the earth, and piled up the polar ice. He it is that aids the chemist, drives the engine, ripens the harvest, dispenses life and health. The study of the sun and ... What is the intimate and inherent nature of those forces? Do they, or either of them, belong to the domain of the supernatural? Are they the products of some supreme force, or forces, heretofore...