The Time Diagram

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The Time Diagram

The correlation of time with its geometrical analogue is of absorbing interest. Representing velocity by the common method of plotting a curve showing positions at various times and marking distances horizontally and times vertically, the velocity of [274]light being 1, MM′ and NN′ will both represent this velocity. Since this is assumed to be the greatest velocity occurring in nature, all other possible velocities

The trains of thought inspired by Einstein’s postulates have already carried us to a pinnacle of knowledge unprecedented in the history of man. On every hand, as we look out upon the universe from our new and lofty standpoint, unexpected and enthralling vistas open up before us, and we find ourselves confronting nature with an insight such as no man has ever before dared aspire to.

It is completely unthinkable that this theory can ever be swept aside. Apart from experimental verifications which, in point of fact, lend it the strongest support, no one could work through the theory without feeling that here, in truth, the inner workings of the universe were laid bare before him. The harmony with nature is far too complete for any doubt to arise of its truth.

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