Excerpt from Key to the Universe: Or a New Theory of Its Mechanism, Founded Upon a Continuous Orbital Propulsion, Arising From the Velocity of Gravity and Its Consequent Aberrations, Resisting Ethereal Medium of Variable Density, With Mathematical Demonstrations and TablesA new theory of the mechanism of the universe is propounded by the author, not with a design of subvert ing, or, in the least degree, interfering with the great law of universal gravitation. On the contrary, it is intended to greatly extend the universality of that law. Modern astronomers and scientists have excluded the immense ocean of ethereal substance from the catalogue of gravi tating matter thus limiting the grand discovery of Newton, intended to be universal, to such gross materi als only, as they may consider endowed with the gravi tating power. The aim of the author, therefore, is to vindicate the universality of the law: to rescue it from the environed limits sought to be thrown around it: and to give it that unlimited freedom of action, which the distinguished name, universal, so appropriately and definitely imports.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.