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it? Also, it is obviously seen that the birds, the aeroplanes, the arrow and the bullet from the gun etc move with the same speed in east and west While on the one hand it is believed that the atmosphere of the earth is so capable that it does not allow anything external to enter into it and ordinarily it does not allow anything internal to leave it; how on the other hand, is it then possible that even a minutely carried out experiment cannot detect its effect on the motions of the earthly matter moving towards and against it Even if we admit the truth of the scientist's statement that such an atmosphere does exist above the earth, the problem remains unsolved A bee can execute two motions in the train's compartment, because the compartment is covered from all sides The compartment encloses a definite volume of air, inside itself and moves piercing the outer atmosphere. But this is not so in the case of the earth's motion The earth moves in the free surroundings of nature. There is no roof or walls around it In such a condition, an aeroplane or a bird cannot synchronise its motion with that of the earth viz daily rotation of 1,000 miles per hour and yearly revolution of 66,000 miles per hour This becomes more clear when we see that the bee inside the compartment of a train moves with it; but if it flies two to four feet above the roof of the compartment, or on the left or right sides outside the compartment, it will not be able to move with the train. Within a few seconds the train will have gone far ahead of
