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[Oct. I, 
Speculations in regard to a Neu) Theory 
pressure on their near sides would be 
MUTUALLY DIMINISHED IN THAT PRE¬ 
CISE DIRECTION, they would necessarily 
fall or be pressed towards each other, 
with an accelerated motion in that di¬ 
rection; and would move through spaces 
and times in the inverse ratio of their 
quantities, simply because the pressure 
on each would be diminished, or finite, 
in the direction of the line joining their 
centres, and tlieir near sides would be 
pressed lesz than their remote side. 
This grand principle may be considered 
as represented by the two annexed balls, 
in regard to which it is evident, that the 
pressure of the substratuiUf or universal 
medium of infinite space, must he finite, 
limited, and in a degree taken off in the 
direction of the right line zchieh joins the 
centres of the balls, and consequenltp they 
must be driven together in the direction 
of that Uney by the external or oppo¬ 
site pressure from the infinite parts A B 
C D. 
The perfect indifference of bodies at 
rest to move in one direction of space, 
rather than in any other, renders a very 
small force competent to incline them 
into any particular direction.—Hence, if 
the balls in the preceding figure were 
masses of the size cf the Earth and Ju¬ 
piter, placed at the distance of several 
hundred millions of miles, a force equal 
only to a few pounds, constantly pressing 
tliein in tlie inu;ard direction, would in¬ 
cline them to move in that direction 
witli a constantly accelerated momen¬ 
tum. •* 
Such force will be universal, and wdli 
be measured and expressed by a quan¬ 
tity combined of the distance and bulks 
in bodies of equal density; or in other 
words, it will be in the direct ratio of the 
})U] ks, and in the inverse ratio of the 
distances. In falling and in moving, all 
the established laws of motion will ac¬ 
cord, because the impulses are conti- 
jjued. 
Corollary 1. Hence the distance 
belu-een bodies may become so great, 
as that betu'cen the feed sta^s, as to 
render i.‘:c impulse or pressure sc irijlirg, 
as to he capable of being conntcraclcd by 
exceedingly slight combinations. 
Corollary 2. Hence also the 
pulse beticeen the planets and heltccen the 
sun and planets, is inconsiderable, ou ing 
to the vast dispr'oportion beticeen I heir 
bulks, and their dista77ces. 
Corollary 3. Hence a very slight 
centrifugal force is competent to over con, r 
the centripetal force of the distant pla¬ 
netary bodies. 
Corollary 4. Hence a centrifugal 
force, no greater than that acquired 
rotation on the axis, and by the oscil/ulion’i 
of the zcaters may be competent to balance 
the centrifugal force. 
Corollary 5. And ns the rotative, 
or centrfugal force is a consequence cf 
internal construction, and if the oscillatioii 
of the fluids, u e hai'e herein fiii'tker evi¬ 
dence of the harmony, simplicity, regu/a^ 
rify, and probable perpetuity, of the solar 
system and the universe. 
rrr. 
Many distinct bodies in space would 
necessarily balance each other by slight 
opposite iivipulses, especially if aided by 
acentrii\i;;ai or rotative Ibrce ; and, doubt- 
