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 75
tC directly from the ground, yet may do it by the help ofthe plane EF. Now, when the bullet is come to the topof this plane, its own gravity (which is supposed to exceed 62 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE the Strength of the loadstone) will make it fall into thathole at E; and the force it receives in… … Fig. IS. first) is in the same place whence it was attracted, and,consequently must move perpetually. Notwithstanding the positiveness of the must at theclose of his description, it is very obvious to any practicalmechanic that the machine will not move at all, far lessmove perpetually, and the…
Scientific recreations · Geometry
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