The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-11
AS TO GRAVITY.
Points In The NewSonsn Theory Which
Are Faulty.

Points In the Newtonian Theory Which
Are Faulty.
To the Editor of The Post.
Galveston, Texas November T.--Your Is
sue Of November Q contained an article
headed 'Newton's Apple; 1t Existed Only
In the Fanciful Pages Of Notaire."
Now. l want to say, with your permits
sion, that Newton's idea Of gravity had no
better foundation than the apple. There
is no such thing as gravity. There Is, also,
possibly. no such thing as grayitation.
speak, however, only OF gravity. Newton
was clearly mistaken. Let rs get Ia the
celestial sphere Looking on the earth
from any place In the celestial sphere, the
earth is downward but this Is really true
only as to one.haIf cf the earth--thc half
next IN the observer. An observer from
the opposite half of the celestial sphere
the earth Is also down, hut only to tue
center Passing these one-bllt sphere
boundaries he begins 10 ascend. 10 one
standing anywhere on the surface of the
earth the direction TO any point on the
celestial sphere Is upward. 10 one stand
ing anywhere on the surface ~ Us DOWN
ward to It's center only, To one standing
90 the center Of the earth every point on
Its surface Is upward. lucompfehehs'we
arrangement
The earth is round II Is down in every
direction from the surface to the con tf
only. II IS up from the center 60 eTtry
place on the surface. aud to the celestial
sphere opposite it,
earth we 20 tho first haif OF the way down
and tho other half of the way up. No to.ce
IS required 10 20 the 1rSt half OF tho way
through the earth which is down 5oriuS
jumping into this hole, We fan to the ecu
ter OF the earth. But ma further The
other half Is up. NO force Is needed L"
60 the first half, which Is down, but force
Is reuuired 10 20 the other half which ls
up. We have bur TO let go and we raw
/ 10 the center Of the earth and stop. In
/ climbing UP the other half Of the eaIth
| We have TO use force to lit our weight and
more force than weight
| Is 1t not plain from these facts that
| things adhere to the earth surface oe
cause that surface prevents thom from iln
! ing to the ultimate Ot d0Wu-heCausc down
[ ward there Is no resistance. ana because
| upward there is resistance, that bodies
[ fail towards each other only when tine az
rection IS down to them, ana that they
! fan because of their own Inherent weight
aud not because Of the Hypothetical force
[ Take the familiar Illustration Of a hole
bored through the center OF the earth from
surface TO surface We say II we drop q
cannon bali Into this hole that IL VIII fall
10 the center OF the earth and rest. lhaj
It will not 70 mp the other half OF the
earth. but will rest there In the center OF
che earth al the point Of neither up nor gov
where II rests without support rms Us
Ncwtou's point called the center Of gravity
and the ball Is said to rest because the cen
/ ter Of gravity is equal I'm nl directions
] This delusion Is false The right conclusion
I Is that there is no force applied TO the
/ ball at all. The ban has tallen to ! ini
/ where down mysicriously rests upon Up as
q basis. or where up and down coincide
where up and down become one. Bodies
/ have inherent weight and DO not depend
| tonion error and so, possibly Is grayila
/ ton Dixie