The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-10
THE INDIAN Y0GEES.
Their Powers Attributed to
Change of Polarity.
A NEW THEORY OF GRAVITY.
Possibility of Overcoming the Force of
Gravitation-A New Era of Prog
ress Possibly Opening Up.

| 1t is one OF the factors n evolution
| tnat as the human race advances in civil
I lz4tlcn TIE needs an1 necessities CT life in
| crease and nature constantly reveals new
secrets. inner forces, 70 supply mans
/ wants. &c are on the dawn Of a new
I elF44-z1uon- The race IS advancing al
| rate Il never advanced before. Discover
/ les are being made daily that seem almost
| Incredible sui our wants are abreast
/ WIN ne" discoveries. AMI il is very evil
| Gent tnat stu greater efforts viii have 10
/ tions.
W have passed through many ages. in
I eAch OF which the knowledge was suffi-
| Client Tor that period OF the worlds history.
Ihe age which IS just entering upon lis
deelhe Is the steam age. Steam has been
1 a mighty factor in civ:lzing the word.
/ MAR, however, outgrew steam and de-
! mahued a more subtitle force. Nature sup
/ pied mat demand and gave US electricity.
1 W are now entering the electrical age.
/ VIII TINS be the flnal one2 VIII electricity
tuIal al mans demands for all time?
Logic answers no. We shall ou.grow
I electricity even as we have outgrown
| steam. A more powerful and subtle force
/ VIII arse 10 serve man when he is ready
| 10 demand I. II this is the case, there
| must already be some indications Of what
| the next force VIII be, even as electricity
| 4SfsAIe4 user 10 man when steam was
| rising 10 its glory. The majority of men
| would probably consider one insane who
| said that 1t was very likely that in fifty
| years hence men would be able to COM
| munleate with each other thousands Of
| miles apart without the use Of any phys.-
cal connections. or that he would travel in
| vehicles the motive power Of which was
| the human will.
Still. who should say this is impossible?
! When the mighty "Fohat' has become the
| pi4ytning or the scientist when thought
! transference is he common faculty pos
| sessed by man. and the laws of gravity are
! known and understood then this may
1 come to pass
Meanwhile we can examine the slight
| clews We have as TO what the coming force
/ VIII be, and We doubtlessly VIII be amply
/ rewarded for our trouble
one or The greatest forces we know of is
| gravity" and this Is one about which we
| th!nh we have me most definite knowl-
edge when IN reality it is one of the least
/ understood.
Newton discovered that every object at
! tracts every other object but here he
| stopped lie should have gone farther. and
| ne would have found that under certain
| conditions every object repe!s every other
| object.
What. then, is gravity? what causes It's
i attraction and repulsion? l, IS the affinity
! which exists between bodies of opposite
| polarites. Some men say: How are we
70 know that the force Of gravity is re-
| pellant as well Is attractive" would
| answer; There are several proofs the
! most important OF which IS The un.ver-
! sal law of the pairs Of oppostes"
| In every phase Of nature we see this IL
| Illustrated. Light and darkness. heat and
| cold, sorrow and joy. love and hate, posi-
| tive and negative. and IN fact everywhere
! 5 this apparent. All the forces of nature
| are in na3rs non. are ISOLATED yrhcro
| fore. by analogy, Il must follow that il
| gravity is a force which attracts il must
| also be a force Which repels.
| Weight. then. IS the mean difference be
| tween the attraction and repulsion two
| bodies have for eacn other one body be-
! ing the earth. To illustrate. The earth
| may have an attractive force upon a mass
| of iron, of ,0fo pounds. The IRON may ex-
! ert an attractive force upon the earth cf
/ 40 pounds The iron would then appar-
| emily weigh 400 pounds. Now. I'm magnet
| Ism we find that two pieces OF iron exert
| no influence over each other until one Of
| them if po,arized. II this is done there
| is immediately an affinity created between
| them and attraction IS the result. If both
( are po,ar-zed one of TWO things will hap
] pen. They viii either he attracted or re-
! PEELED. IL VIII depend upon their polarity
| Thus far we see that there is no attrac-
| ton between depOhTized or neutral bodies.
I In order 10 have attraction one or both
| mus, possess a dlstuc, polarity 10 a great
| er or lesser degree. or. 70 be simpler one
| body, at least. mus, De either positive or
! negative. Another 'aw OF phvsios Is likes
| repel: unl3kes attract: talt mere again Va
/ find that II two bodies Of iron have the
| same polarity, ana one is several times
| larger than the other they are attracted
I instead Of repealed. The larger mass is
| able 10 change the polarity of the smaIler
| and thus attract ii. although II is unable
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