Show The Velocity of Force It appears manifest that by the rejection rejec-tion of action at a distance a store of motion of very high intensity in the matter mat-ter of space would be consistent with or would be demanded in order to give some rational account of sudden developments of transference of motion says Mr Tol ver Preston it may appear questionable whether a normal velocity of matter in space only equal to that of light would be sufficient to account for the explosive violence of some transferences of motion The rate of travel of light when viewed in relation to the intervening distances of the chief bodies of the universe may appear even slow More than three years for instance in-stance are occupied in the transmission of a wave from the nearest star to our system It may be reasonable then to assume that the possibilities for the existence exist-ence of a higher rate of intercommunication intercommunica-tion than this that of luminous effect may exist in nature and that the bodily mass movements of the units of the universe may influence each other more quickly than their molecular movements since gravitational disturbances or their measures appear to demand this It is so far certain tnat in addition to the lumin ferous ether there may be plenty of room for finer and therefore more mobile material No one as far as I am aware has urged a difficulty on this head provided pro-vided its presence were subservient to some great mechanical purpose |