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Excerpt from On the Motions of the Earth and Heavenly Bodies, as Explainable by Electro-Magnetic Attraction and Repulsion, and on the Conception, Growth, and Decay of Man, and Cause and Treatment of His Diseases, as Referable to Galvanic Action Sydney Gazette, and had made some progress in a dissertation upon the identity of electricity and heat, when my recal into service diverted my attention to other pursuits, and the subject was no more thought of until some numbers of the United Service J our nal, which fell into my hands in April, 1833, recalled my attention thereto, by a most interesting article which they contained, headed The Occult Prin ciple, evidently from the pleasing pen of Captain Basil Hall. 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.