Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1905-07-14 | Page 2 | Stone in Perpetual Motion

STONE IN PERPETUAL MOTION what would happen to projectile dropped through earth most of tie is have probably speculated at one time or another what would happen it if a hole were bored right through the earth and one were to drop a stone atone into it and F n R A S now gives his views on this puzzling pulling qu question stion tho the steve lie says hays would mould fall with inci easing speed to the cen ter of the cal cacilh th A hei e it woul I 1 bal hae e attained a speed ot of nearly miles a minute its momentum would mould carry it at a constantly reducing speed through the remaining halt half of its journey until by the time lime it appealed at the antipodean end of the hole it would mould have come caroe to a it would mould then begin to drop again and would per forni form exactly the same saine journey on Us its to the starting point thus it would mould continue to travel backward bachard and for forward ard from one end of the earth to the other practically holever LOD don I 1 it bits