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"Yes, we are ninety five millions of miles off. But when I say the Pole is motionless, it is not strictly true; it is only so in comparison with the rest of the globe, for it has a certain movement of its own, and completes a circle in about twenty six thousand years. YES WE ARE NINETY FIVE MILLIONS OF MILES OFF BUT WHEN I SAY THE POLE IS MOTIONLESS IT IS NOT STRICTLY TRUE IT IS ONLY SO IN COMPARISON WITH THE REST OF THE GLOBE FOR IT HAS A CERTAIN MOVEMENT OF ITS OWN AND COMPLETES A CIRCLE IN ABOUT TWENTY SIX THOUSAND YEARS
oint of the globe that is motionless; all the other points are revolving with extreme rapidity." "But I don't see that we are any more motionless here than at Liverpool." "Because in both cases you are a party concerned, both in the motion and the rest; but the fact is certain." Clawbonny then went on to describe the diurnal and annual motions of the earth--the one round its own axis, the extremities of which are the poles, which is accomplished in twenty-four hours, and the other round the sun, which takes a whole year. Bell and Johnson listened half incredulously, and [Illustration: ] couldn't see why the earth could not have been allowed to keep still, till Altamont informed them that they would then have had neither day nor night, nor spring, summer, autumn, and winter. "Ay, and worse still," said Clawbonny, "if the motion chanced to be interrupted, we should fall right into the sun in sixty-four and a half days." "What! take sixty-four and a half days, to fall?" exclaimed Johnson. ISTER CLAWBONNY JUST THIS MY GOOD JOHNSON IT IS THE ONLY POINT OF THE GLOBE THAT IS MOTIONLESS ALL THE OTHER POINTS ARE EVOLVING WITH EXTREME RAPIDITY BUT I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE ANY MORE MOTIONLESS HERE THAN AT LIVERPOOL BECAUSE IN BOTH CASES YOU ARE A PARTY CONCERNED BOTH IN THE MOTION AND THE REST BUT THE FACT IS CERTAIN CLAWBONNY THEN WENT ON TO DESCRIBE THE DIURNAL AND ANNUAL MOTIONS OF THE EARTH THE ONE ROUND ITS OWN AXIS THE EXTREMITIES OF WHICH ARE THE POLES WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS AND THE OTHER ROUND THE SUN WHICH TAKES A WHOLE YEAR BELL AND JOHNSON LISTENED HALF INCREDULOUSLY AND COULDN'T SEE WHY THE EARTH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO KEEP STILL TILL ALTAMONT INFORMED THEM THAT THEY WOULD THEN HAVE HAD NEITHER DAY NOR NIGHT NOR SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN AND WINTER AY AND WORSE STILL SAID CLAWBONNY IF THE MOTION CHANCED TO BE INTERRUPTED WE SHOULD FALL RIGHT INTO THE SUN IN SIXTY FOUR AND A HALF DAYS WHAT TAKE SIXTY FOUR AND A HALF DAYS TO FALL EXCLAIMED JOHNSON
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