IDENTICAL CHANGES 



of void matter. And when both work simulta- 

 neously on the same substance, through the agen- 

 cy of the same material, then that material must 

 either go two ways at once, or that material must 

 engage the same substance in different ways. 



Let it be granted that there is a continuous flow 

 of void matter toward the centre of the earth. 



Let that current have a uniform, normal veloc- 

 ity of ten feet a second. Let it be granted that a 

 horseshoe magnet hanging on a nail modifies the 

 normal stream, through some peculiarity of in- 

 ternal construction, so that in one end or leg of the 

 magnet the stream of void matter has a velocity of 

 12 feet a second, while in the other end or leg of 

 the magnet that stream has a velocity of 8 feet a 

 second. Then the middle will be normal or neutral, 

 and the amount of material passing through the 

 magnet will be the same as if the whole magnet 

 were engaged by a stream of normal velocity, and 

 consequently there would be neither gain nor loss 

 of weight to the whole magnet. 



Then if a bar of iron is placed close to the poles 

 of the magnet, the Primary Spheres flowing at the 

 rate of 8 feet a second will be unable to fill all the 

 space vacated by the P. S. flowing through the 

 normal bar of iron at the rate of 10 feet a second. 

 Consequently there will be a pressure from the 

 under side. But the P. S. flowing through the 

 other leg of the magnet at the rate of 12 feet a 

 second will cause an accumulation between that 

 pole of the magnet and the bar of iron which 

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