CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNIVERSE. 



would be if weighed at the same instant on 

 exactly the opposite side of the earth . 



This shows that with reference to anything 

 but the center of the earth, no two objects 

 point or move, when weighed, in the same 

 direction. 



More than this, owing to the constant shift- 

 ing of the earth, the same thing never points 

 in the same direction except for that instant of 

 time. It is clear then, that if there was no 

 other motion than the one called weight, there 

 would be no other tendency or manifestation 

 aside from that so-called weight. In that case 

 the earth as a whole, would not weigh any- 

 thing. 



