Excerpt from Nature, Vol. 34: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science; May 1886 to October 1886 Hirn (g. A.) Objections to the Kinetic Theory of the Gases, M. R. Clausius, 159; on the Pressure that exists in the Con tracted Section of a Gaseous Vein, 380; Modern Kinetics and'the Dynamism of the Future, 540; Modern Kinetics. 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.