The seven follies of science; to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, marvels, and popular fallacies. A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. With numerous illustrations (1912)
Phin, John, 1830-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand company · leaf 159
ght have carried, without danger of discovery, those re-ports which caused his capture and led to his death. And 146 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE hereafter the ordinary methods of searching suspectedspies will have to be exchanged for one that is moreefficient. The most interesting application of… … Fig. «. roads, railways, and telegraphs, was cut off and the onlyway of escape from the city was through the air. OnApril 23, the first balloon left Paris, and in a short timeafter that, a regular balloon post was established, lettersand packages being sent out at intervals of three to sevendays.…
Scientific recreations · Geometry
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
