Science: Explains Gravity

Sir Isaac Newton described gravity as a force which attracts every particle of matter in the universe to every other particle in direct proportion to the product of their masses and in inverse proportion to the square of their distances. But he did not venture a law explaining why such an effect exists.

Last week Capt. T. J. See, U. S. N., mathematician and astronomer, from his laboratory on Mare Island, Calif., submitted a theory in explanation. Ether waves, beating their way through the universe at a velocity of 294,000 miles a second (57...

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