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I have endeavoured throughout to rely only on the experiments in
which we can place the most confidence, and, above all, to show
how the ideas prevailing at the present day have been formed, by
tracing their evolution, and rapidly examining the successive
transformations which have brought them to their present
condition.
In order to understand the text, the reader will have no need to
consult any treatise on physics, for I have throughout given the
necessary definitions and set forth the fundamental facts.
Moreover, while strictly employing exact expressions, I have
avoided the use of mathematical language. Algebra is an admirable
tongue, but there are many occasions where it can only be used
with much discretion.
Nothing would be easier than to point out many great omissions
from this little volume; but some, at all events, are not
involuntary.
Certain questions which are still too confused have been put on
one side, as have a few others which form an important collection
for a special study to be possibly made later.


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