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Show STONE MOVED BY THE SUN Immense Mass of Granite In Ohio Cemetery Undergoes Curloua Revolutions. An Interesting object Is to be seen in a cemetery of Ohio a large granite gran-ite stone weighing two tons, In the shape of a ball, which Is gradually turning on its axis. During the last five years, so It Is said, this ball has turned a fraction over 13 Inches. When the ball was pfaced la position an unpolished spot six Inches In diameter diam-eter was purposely left In the socket of the pedestal whereon It rested. A little later It was noted with astonishment astonish-ment that this spot was turning upward up-ward on the south side of the monument. monu-ment. This curious revolution of the polished ball, to lift which would require re-quire a large derrick, is supposed to be due to the sun's action, in the following fol-lowing manner: The solar rays heating heat-ing one side cause the ball to expand to a certain degree whereas the north side, which rests mostly In the shade, does not expand to the same extent, thus causing the ball gradually to shift Its position by turning. |