Excerpt from Energy in Nature: Being, With Some Additions, the Substance of a Course of Six Lectures Upon the Forces of Nature and Their Mutual Relations Ordinary sense of the term, either educated persons or students of science, the important practical consequences arising out of, as well as some of the glorious thoughts suggested by the consideration of, that grand doctrine of the Conservation of Energy, probably the most sublime generalisation of modern times, since its effects are not confined to our own planet, but pervade the Universe. 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.