William Bower Taylor

“ It is thus that inert bodies of slight density would transmit their impulsion to denser bodies, when thrown promiscuously into a long box, were we to strike repeatedly one of the ends of the box. Ultimately the denser particles will collect at the opposite end ”

“ Referring the effect to the longitudinal vibrations of the aether, the writers think " the time has come to seek and to find a plausible explanation of weight — simple and natural — in the ceaseless action of these waves on resisting bodies, an action analogous to that of ocean-waves, which drive ships upon the coast by the vis viva of their flow over that of their ebb ”