The Popular Science Monthly, Том 28D. Appleton, 1886 |
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... , or of flying- machines . Dædalus , it seems , had killed a man in Athens , and with his un- fortunate son fled to Crete , where King Minos very properly detained VOL . XXVIII . - 1 him ; but , determined to escape , he made THE ...
... , or of flying- machines . Dædalus , it seems , had killed a man in Athens , and with his un- fortunate son fled to Crete , where King Minos very properly detained VOL . XXVIII . - 1 him ; but , determined to escape , he made THE ...
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... seems to have been the first to have tolerably clear ideas of the principles involved in the construction of balloons . He describes a large hollow globe of copper or other suitable metal wrought extremely thin . It must then , he says ...
... seems to have been the first to have tolerably clear ideas of the principles involved in the construction of balloons . He describes a large hollow globe of copper or other suitable metal wrought extremely thin . It must then , he says ...
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... seems equally good . In 1783 the Montgolfiers invented the balloon . Friar Bacon , as we have seen , had speculated upon the possibility of such a construction . In 1670 Francis Lana , a Jesuit , had described an apparatus which , al ...
... seems equally good . In 1783 the Montgolfiers invented the balloon . Friar Bacon , as we have seen , had speculated upon the possibility of such a construction . In 1670 Francis Lana , a Jesuit , had described an apparatus which , al ...
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... seem to me the principles involved , but the best method in which to apply them can only be found by patient and ... seems certain . A bird's muscles , while strong , are not as strong as steel , and while his power in proportion to ...
... seem to me the principles involved , but the best method in which to apply them can only be found by patient and ... seems certain . A bird's muscles , while strong , are not as strong as steel , and while his power in proportion to ...
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... seems rest . But this is not the most wonderful of its powers . Far beyond the keenest of human vision is its range of sight . If the light is good , this sensitive plate of glass will have recorded and discerned a thou- sand uplifted ...
... seems rest . But this is not the most wonderful of its powers . Far beyond the keenest of human vision is its range of sight . If the light is good , this sensitive plate of glass will have recorded and discerned a thou- sand uplifted ...
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Стр. 41 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Стр. 19 - Thou makest thine appeal to me. I bring to life, I bring to death; The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Стр. 19 - I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope.
Стр. 19 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Стр. 18 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Стр. 413 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Стр. 20 - And he, shall he Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...
Стр. 38 - And what if Trade sow cities Like shells along the shore, And thatch with towns the prairie broad With railways ironed o'er? — They are but sailing foam-bells Along Thought's causing stream, And take their shape and sun-color From him that sends the dream.
Стр. 49 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Стр. 451 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.