the force with whichit swells is enormous. It was this force that some eminentmen thought to be the power which urged the glaciers con-tinually downwards. But the glacier is not continually con-verting water into ice, as this theory supposes. This experi-ment leads me to think that you would like… … ture, I put in action. You see that in this space of time buta very small quantity of water has distilled; but look at theworm tub, and you see that a large quantity of water whichwas ice cold at starting has been made itself to steam—bywhat ? By the heat which that small quantity of water…
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