Excerpt from The Occult Sciences: Sketches of the Traditions and Superstitions of Past Times, and the Marvels of the Present Day A cyclopedia OF the physical sciences, comprising Acoustics - Astronomy Dynamics Electricity Heat Hydrodynamics Magnetism Philosophy of Mathematics - Meteorology - Optics - Pneumatics - Statics. By J P. N ich LL.D., Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow. With N umer Illustrations. Post 8vo. 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.