C. V. BOYS, A.R.S.M., F.R.S.,
Reading edition
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE GENERAL LITERATURE COMMITTEE.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, LONDON: NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON: 129, NORTH STREET. New York: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO. 1896. TO G. F. RODWELL, THE FIRST SCIENCE-MASTER APPOINTED AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE, This Book is Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE, AND IN THE HOPE THAT IT MAY EXCITE IN A FEW YOUNG PEOPLE SOME SMALL FRACTION OF THE INTEREST AND ENTHUSIASM WHICH HIS ADVENT AND HIS LECTURES AWAKENED IN THE AUTHOR, UPON WHOM THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE THEN SHONE FOR THE FIRST TIME.