MECHANISM OF NATURE 



both are united in one homogeneous mass, as is 

 the joint product of both their attraction when 

 separate, and at the same distance. 



Therefore, this hypothesis, that the attraction of 

 Gravity is exerted without the medium of mate- 

 rial of any kind, is erroneous, and contrary to 

 human reason, because such a power is occult and 

 infinite; it cannot be limited nor amenable to any 

 law. 



Then because that tendency of the balls in Fig. 

 A to come together is the result of some change 

 in material, and .the only material between the 

 balls is void matter. 



Therefore, the immediate cause of the attraction 

 Is a change in void matter. 



Then because void matter penetrates all sub- 

 stance the P. S. of void matter can go in or out 

 of the vessel of Fig. A. And any pressure from 

 the outside must press equally on all sides of the 

 balls, and therefore no amount of outside pressure 

 alone can create the tendency of the balls to come 

 together. The only means, in our knowledge of 

 mechanics, to create such a tendency is to make 

 the pressure between the balls less than it is on 

 the other sides of the balls. Then how is this done ? 



Evidently there must be a change in the balls 

 also, as well as in the void matter surrounding 

 them. And that change must be going on unremit- 

 tingly, for the tendency to come together is con- 

 stant. 



But the structure of a ball is not changed by the 

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