CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. 



axis, another around the sun, another with the 

 sun, and still another motion that makes the 

 globular form. 



That particular movement has been singled 

 out by scientists and called WEIGHT. But there 

 is no more reason for that conclusion than 

 there would be if they had selected the motion 

 around the sun, which is a far greater motion, 

 about nineteen miles a second. 



In fact there is a better reason for calling 

 the latter motion weight, as in that case the 

 earth would at least weigh something in the 

 direction that it moves, while in the other case, 

 the earth as a whole would weigh nothing, for 

 the very good reason that each half would just 

 balance or off-set the other half. 



If two men were pushing each other in 

 exactly equal proportions, there would be no 

 surplus of anything aside from the balance or 

 effort, to be transmitted in any direction. 



If an object is weighed in a given place the 

 motion will be in precisely the opposite direc- 

 tion from what the motion of another object 



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