Chapter 2

Properties of Matter and Ether compared--Discontinuity _versus_ Continuity--Size of atoms--Astronomical distances--Number of atoms in the universe--Ether unlimited--Kinds of Matter, permanent qualities of--Atomic structure; vortex-rings, their properties--Ether structureless--Matter gravitative, Ether not--Friction in Matter, Ether frictionless--Chemical properties--Energy in Matter and in Ether--Matter as a transformer of Energy--Elasticity--Vibratory rates and waves--Density--Heat--Indestructibility of Matter--Inertia in Matter and in Ether--Matter not inert--Magnetism and Ether waves--States of Matter--Cohesion and chemism affected by temperature--Shearing stress in Solids and in Ether--Ether pressure--Sensation dependent upon Matter--Nervous system not affected by Ether states--Other stresses in Ether--Transformations of Motion--Terminology p. 24