Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science; essays and addresses (1906)
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 · New York Harper · leaf 360
d contract like a muscle. But, if he is ever to doso, the time is still in the future. We do not see thedawn of the age in which such a result will be broughtforth. Another consideration of a general character maybe introduced. As a rule it is the unexpected thathappens in invention as well. as… … THE FLYING-MACHINE tion we can feel in our treatment of the great geo-metrical problems of antiquity is that we have showntheir solution to be impossible. The mathematicianof to-day admits that he can neither square the cir-cle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. Maynot our mechanicians, in…
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