MECHANISM OF NATURE 



of its organization; therefore, the organization or 

 life of substances must give the key to unlock the 

 secrets of light. While it has long been held im- 

 possible to make an engine that would move by 

 light, this has lately been accomplished, and the 

 appliance is somewhat similar to the well-known 

 radiometer. 



It does not need this new invention to prove 

 that light is a mechanical displacement of mate- 

 rial, for from every direction we receive light 

 through intervening void matter, which can trans- 

 mit force of any kind only through displacement. 



And the generally accepted theory of light is a 

 vibration of ether particles, of greater velocity than 

 the vibrations of the same ether that cause heat. 

 And the waves of light are said to move at right 

 angles to the surface which they strike. 



But this theory cannot be reconciled to the known 

 laws of mechanics, for this broadside action really 

 involves a movement of matter in every conceiv- 

 able direction at once. Moreover, in a Universe 

 that is full, without a vacant space anywhere large 

 enough to hold one Primary Sphere, there can be 

 no loose about vibration ; the whole of all the void 

 matter must move in unison. In a Universe that is 

 full there can be no haphazard wave of ether or 

 anything else, for the Primary Sphere or the brin- 

 dled cat that moves must push something out of 

 the way, and something will immediately fill the 

 vacated space. As far as our conception of force 

 goes, it is really a simple shove, and those things 

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