Eddington introduced one of his popular physics books with a story about two tables. The first table is the solid, heavy table we are familiar with that stimulates our senses. However, physics sees the table as comprised of myriad molecules flying through mostly empty space, with each molecule made up of orbiting electrons and protons.

2. Transcription
Eddington’s famous story of the two tables formed the introduction to one of his
popular books on modern physics. On the one hand, he pointed out, we have the
table with which we are all familiar – the solid, weighty thing that impinges on all our
senses. On the other hand, however, we have the table as physics sees it – myriads of
molecules flying about in space, each in turn made up of electrons and protons,
cruising around planetary orbits and leaving much the greater part of the table as
empty space.
(from Rebel with a Cause by Hans Eysenck, 1990)

3. Transcription
ˈedɪŋtənz ˈfeɪməs ˈstɔri əv ðə tu ˈteɪbəlz fɔrmd ði ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən
tə wʌn əv hɪz ˈpɑpjələr bʊks ɔn ˈmɑdərn ˈfɪzɪks. ɔn ðə wʌn
hænd, hi ˈpɔɪntəd aʊt, wi həv ðə ˈteɪbəl wɪð wɪʧ wi ər ɔl
fəˈmɪljər – ðə ˈsɑləd, ˈweɪti θɪŋ ðæt ɪmˈpɪnʤɪz ɔn ɔl ˈaʊər
ˈsɛnsɪz. ɔn ði ˈʌðər hænd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wi həv ðə ˈteɪbəl əz ˈfɪzɪks
siz ɪt – ˈmɪriədz əv ˈmɑləˌkjulz ˈflaɪɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪn speɪs, iʧ ɪn tɜrn
meɪd ʌp əv ɪˈlektrɑnz ənd ˈproʊˌtɑnz, ˈkruzɪŋ əˈraʊnd
ˈplænəˌtɛri ˈɔrbəts ənd ˈlivɪŋ mʌʧ ðə ˈgreɪtər pɑrt əv ðə ˈteɪbəl
əz ˈɛmpti speɪs.
(frəm ˈrebəl wɪð ə kɔz baɪ hɑns Eysenck, 1990)