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Title: Among the Forces

Author: Henry White Warren

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AMONG THE FORCES

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of
THY hands.--Psalm viii, 6

by

HENRY WHITE WARREN, LL.D.

One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Author of "Recreations in Astronomy," "The Bible in the World's
Education," etc.

New York: Eaton & Mains
Cincinnati: Curts & Jennings

1898

[Frontispiece: Old Faithful Geyser.]

E. I. W.

Eximia Inter Vires.

CONTENTS

Why Written
The Man Who Needed 452,696 Barrels of Water
The Sun's Great Horses
Old Sun Help
Moon Help
More Moon Help
Star Help
Help from Insensible Seas
The Fairy Gravitation
More Gravitation
The Fairy Pulls Great Loads
The Fairy Draws Greater Loads
The Fairy Works a Pump Handle
The Help of Inertia
One Plant Help
Gas Help
Natural Affection of Metals
Natural Affection Between Metal and Liquid
Natural Affection of Metal and Gas
Hint Help
Creations Now in Progress
Some Curious Behaviors of Atoms
Mobility of Seeming Solids
The Next World to Conquer
Our Enjoyment of Nature's Forces
The Matterhorn
The Grand Canon of the Colorado River.
The Yellowstone Park Geysers
Sea Sculpture
The Power of Vegetable Life
Spiritual Dynamics
When This World is Not

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Old Faithful Geyser . . . . Frontispiece
Breaking Waves
Incline at Mauch Chunk
The Head of the Toboggan Slide.
The Big Trees
The Matterhorn
The Punch Bowl, Yellowstone Geysers.
Formation of the Grotto Geyser
Bee-Hiv