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to this is: As the motion of bodies round their own axis does not respect or depend upon the manner of the light's action, but solely as its strength; And the light of the [[strikethrough]] ^ [[insertion]] Sun [[/insertion]] Moon in conjunctions [[/strikethrough]] Sun upon the moon in conjunctions, is much more copious & powerful upon the moon than upon the earth; therefore, why should not the sun communicate a Rotary motion to the moon as well as to the earth. 
W.J. answered this objection by saying, that the manner of action is half the effect: for the Pressure upon the moon towards the earth is greater than the action of light upon the same hemisphere from the sun, whereas in my objection I made the influence of the earth upon the moon nothing. it is also plain that  because the moon has the same face turned towards the earth they are bound & tied together as it were with a Chain, the [[underlined]] Heathens [[/underlined]] worshipped this power, which they called Æther, under the [[strikethrough]] name [[/strikethrough]] Emblem of a [[underlined]] Tether. [[/underlined]] W.J.

In figure 1. on page 37. the distance of E, the earth, from S, the Sun, is 81000000 Miles, and from M the moon is 240000 miles; Hence SM is = 80760000 Miles: the Quantity of matter in S to that in E is as 227500 to 1; and in M to that in E is as 1/40 to 1. Now Attraction well known to act as the quantity of matter directly and ^ [[insertion]] Square of the [[/insertion]] distance reciprocally; whence the attraction of S upon E is as 34674600, and upon M ^ [[insertion]] (at New Moon) [[/insertion]] is as 34889024 (but at Full moon it is as 34470024) also the attraction of E upon M is as 173'61120 which is 81 times greater than the difference of S upon M and E. [[insertion]] (*) [[/insertion]] Therefore M cannot abandon E at any time  by the attraction of S; and the path described [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] by [[/insertion]] M must be [[underlined]] Concave [[/underlined]] towards S throughout. "The absolute attraction of the earth upon a drop of falling rain is much greater than the absolute attraction of the particle of that drop upon each other, or of its center upon parts of its circumference [[insertion]] (†) [[/insertion]]; but then its side next the earth is attracted with so very little more force than its center, or even its opposite side; that the attraction of the center of the drop upon its side next the earth is much greater than the difference of force by whick the earth attracts its nearer surface and center: on which account the drop preserves its round figure, and might be projected about the earth by a strong circulating wind, so as to be kept from falling to the earth. It is much the same with the earth and moon " Supposing "the moon's Orbit to be filled with a fluid Globe and the earth in the center" so that they cannot abandon each other, and if the projectile force were to cease they would fall together into the sun, as a drop of rain does to the earth in calm weather; from