The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. To which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels (1906)
Phin, John, 1830-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 75
64 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE part of the road, it will, when the cause of stoppage is re- moved, proceed on its journey by mere power of gravity. Its path may be a circular road formed of the inclined planes. But to avoid a circuitous route, a double road ought to be made. The carriage not… … How any one could ever imagine that such a contrivance would ever continue in motion for even a short time, except, perhaps, on the famous decensus averni, must be a puzzle to every sane mechanic. I therefore give it as a climax to the absurdities which have been proposed in sober earnest. As a…
Scientific recreations · Geometry
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