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 171
rig. j4. ing through what most people take for a telescope, we arenot surprised when we see clearly the people, buildings,trees, etc., beyond it, but this natural expectation is turnedinto the most startled surprise when it is found that theview of these objects is not cut off by placing a…
Scientific recreations · Geometry
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