Scientific Papers Physics Chemistry Astronomy Geology - Harvard Classics, Part 30 Author:Michael Faraday 1910. Contents: Forces of Matter; Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday. On the Conservation of Force; Ice and Glaciers; by Hermann Von Helmholtz. The Wave Theory of Light; The Tides by Sir William Thomson: Lord Kelvin. The Extent of the Universe by Simon Newcomb. Geographical Evolution by Sir Archibald Geikie.