Download or read book The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Vol. 26 written by Robert Jameson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, Vol. 26: October 1838-April, 1839; To Be Continued Quarterly We will not detain our readers with an account of the earlier hypotheses, which derive volcanic phenomena from the action of iron upon sulphur, or from the combustion of pyrites or coal, as their insufficiency 13 self evident. But Davy' s discovery of the metallic bases of the alkalies and earths was considered as throwing a great light on this subject. 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.