REASON AND BELIEF

BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

GENERAL

MAN AND THE UNIVERSE (SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY).
THE SURVIVAL OF MAN (Psychical Research).

LIFE AND MATTER (AGAINST MATERIALISM).

THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH (A CATECHISM).

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

MODERN VIEWS OF ELECTRICITY (AN EXPOSITION). SIGNALLING WITHOUT WIRES (WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, ETC.). THE ETHER OF SPACE (EXPERIMENTS AND THEORY).

ELECTRONS (RECENT ADVANCES IN PHYSICS).

MODERN VIEWS ON MATTER (OXFORD ROMANES LECTURE). LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS AND LIGHTNING GUARDS (A TECHNICAL Treatise).

EDUCATIONAL

PIONEERS OF SCIENCE (LIVES AND DISCOVERIES OF
ASTRONOMERS).

EASY MATHEMATICS (ARITHMETIC MADE INTERESTING).
SCHOOL TEACHING AND SCHOOL REFORM (LECTURES
ON TEACHING).

PARENT AND CHILD (AN ADDRESS).

ELEMENTARY MECHANICS (A TEXT-BOOK).

BY

SIR OLIVER LODGE, F.R.S.

FIFTH EDITION

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR

PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION

AND ALSO OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED

BY HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR