Among the Forces (Classic Reprint)

AMONG THE FORCES. WHY WRITTEN. FAIRIES, fays, genii, sprites, etc., were once supposed to be helpful to some favored men. The stories about these imaginary beings have always had a fasci. nating interest. The most fatnous of these . stories were told at Bagdad in the eleventh century, and were called The Arabian N£g/ztsW Ell terta ill, 1nent. Then men ,verc said to use all sorts of obedient povers, sorceri-es, tricks, and genii to aid then1 in getting wealth, fain c, and beautiful brides. But I find the realities of to-day far greater, more useful and interesting, than the imaginations of the past. The powers at work about us are far more kindly and powerful than the Slave of the Ring or of the Lamp. The object of vriting this series of papers about applications of povers to the service of mao, their designed king, is manifold. I desire all my readers to see vhat marvelous

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; PAGB; Why Written ~ , 9; The Man Who Needed 452,696 Barrels of Water 12; The Sun's Great Horses 15; Old Sun Help I 7; Moo n He Jp f • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • It • • • • • 1 9; More Moon Help , • , •••• ~ , • • 21; Star HeJp • • • • 23; Help from Insensible Seas 25; The Fairy Gravitation 27; More Gravitation 30; The Fairy Pulls Great Loads 32; The Fatry Draws Greater Loads 35; The Fairy Works a Pump Handle 37; The Help of Inertia 39; One Plant Help , 41; Gas HeJp 44; Natural Affection of M etats 47; Natural Affection Between Metal and Liquid 49; Nafural Affection of Metal and Gas 5]; Hint Help 53; Creations Now in Progress 55; Some CurIous Behaviors of Atoms 58; Mobility of Seeming So ltds • • • • 64; The Next World to Conquer 71; Our Enjoyment of Naturefs Forces 7f:Contents; PAGE; The Matterhorn 87; The Grand Canon of the Colorado River 96; The Yellowstone Park Geysers 106; Sea Sculpture 124; Th