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 57
s or quicksilver must, on the oneside, ascend by approaching the center, and on the other 44 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE must roll towards the circumference. The machine ought,therefore, to turn incessantly towards that side. In his Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy,Dr. Thomas Young speaks… … Fig. 7. number of weights ascending by a certain path, on oneside of the center of motion and descending on the otherat a greater distance, must cause a constant preponderanceon the side of the descent: for this purpose the weightshave either been fixed on hinges, which allow them to fallover at a…
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