vi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. perties of Solids;(2)The application of Thermo-dynamical principles to Capillarity;(3)The Continuity of the Liquid and Gaseous states of Matter.My best thanks are due to Dr John Hopkinson,F.R.S.,both for the suggestion of these three points,and also for the original and very elegant investigation from first principles,contained in the first Appendix,and in the commencement of the second.My thanks are also due to Lord Rayleigh,F.R.S.,E.J.Routh, Esq,and Professor James Stuart,for kindly looking through the first proof of the translation,and for various valuable suggestions made in connection with it. WALTER R.BROWNE. 10,VICTORIA CHA3:rBER月，WESTMIK8TEB, November,1879. poireavGOOglevi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. perties of Solids; (2) The application of Thermo-dynamical principles to Capillarity; (3) The Continuity of the Liquid and Gaseous states of Matter. My best thanks are due to Dr John Hopkinson, F.R.S., both for the suggestion of these three points, and also for the original and very elegant investigation from first principles, contained in the first Appendix, and in the commencement of the second. My thanks are also due to Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., E. J. Routh, Esq., and Professor James Stuart, for kindly looking through the first proof of the translation, and for various valuable suggestions made in connection with it. WALTER R. BROWNE. 10, VICTORIA CUAlIBEBS, WZSTllIll'STEB, November, 1879. Digitized by Coogle