The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-04
Natural Force. A New View. BY jon
N..YAN LEW, Richmond, Va.

Natural Force. a New N1CWe by dohS
N.,YAN LEW, Richmond, Va.
A Baltimore paper commenced its notice
;of one of Judge THoMPsoN's remarkable
books thus: gu f@'2'' +"
/. When the rain ra,neth and the goose winketh.
little wot the gosling what the goose thnketn.
:zseWe are that gosIing." We have done
ourselves the honor to read Mr.. VAN LEWIS
pamphlet, but we wot not what he think.
eth. When he says that "inorganle forces
are " metaphysical" as he does in his first
sentence, he shows that he is writing upon
a subject with which he is not familiar
When. he says that "matter" sis the
great, fundamental static force Of natures z
he writes simple nonsense. It is possible that
he has some vague ideas in his head which
have foundation in truth, yet it is Ger.
tain that he has not the ability to give them
expression. He declares that he is 'about
propounding neao view Sin radical op'
position to present received theories" bul
Immediately adds: " The late MICHAEL
"FAaADAY more than once advanced the
Sc same idea" This idea Of FARADAY's is
that there is but one force in nature. But
FARADAY doubtless alluded to the law OF
the correlation of forces, or, as Professor
FlsKE in his last published lecture says 1t
should be called, L" the law Of the trans
formation Of notion" And the Professor
adds:
"That the different modes of motion are
Questionable into each other Is no" one ,,
of the comm on places of physical sclence'
So that if this is Mr.. VAN LEWIS new
idea.n we have high authority for saying
that it is not new at all, but cone OF the
common places of physical science" How
ever, as we have already said, we cannot
learn from this pamphlet what MIR. VAN
LEWIS great discovery is, and SO II may DC
that he alludes to some law different from
the one spoken of by FIsKE. We do not
think that the world will be much the
wiser for this pamphlet, and we are sure
that MIR. VAN LEW is not. ..s..
The Virginia Clinical Record. A Monthly
journal of Medicine, Surgery, and the
Collateral Sciences.
We have the May number of this month
". The articles which enrich its pages are
attractive to the physician and MAN OF SCI
ence. We observe lectures by DR.. MANSON
on Clinical Thermometry by DR.. TERRELL
on Quinine in Pneumonia; by DR.. McCAW'
Notes of a Clinical Lecture in the Penlten-
ti;ry by DR.. MCGUIRE on A Gunshot
Wound of the. Bladder followed by Stone /;
by DR.. L. d. CUNNINGHAM on Diseases Of
the Eye; by DR.. j. S. D. CULLEN on Three
Cases of Chopart's Operation Modified.
There is Il variety of other subjects in the
list OF contents, making out valuable
number. Subscription only 81 per annum.
NJ. W. LAKEWOOD, publisher.
Lawyers Docket and Transcript Of Judg-
n7entS, Executions, dc. Richmond D..
w. RANDOLPH 81 ENGLISH. 1871.
We have received from Messrs. RAN
DoLpH & ENGLISH copy of this new book.
1t is, of course, blank book. 1t contains,
however, an index, whilst each page is
furnished with printed headings, such as
Sc Date of Suit "Name of Parties" Ac-
tion," "Abstract of Judgment" &c, DC,
and is ruled to suit these headings. The
book will be highly serviceable to lawyers
It is recommended by Lieutenant-Go Governor
MARYE.