Título: Keely and His Discoveries; Aerial Navigation
Autor: Mrs Clara Jessup Moore
Sinopse: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. 1892. PROGRESSIVE SCIENCE--Kekly's PRESENT POSITION. (A Review of the Situation.) This amount of repetition to some will probably appear to be tedious, but only by varied iteration can alien conceptions be forced on reluctant minds.--Herbeet Spencer. The researches of LoJge in England and of Hertz in Germany give us an almost infinite range of ethereal vibrations. . . . Here is unfolded to us a new and astonishing world, --one which it is hard to conceive should contain no possibilities of transmitting and receiving intelligence. . . . Here also is revealed to us the bewildering possibility of telegraphy without wires, posts, cables, or any of our present costly appliances. ... As for myself, I hold the firm conviction that unflagging research will be rewarded by an insight into natural mysteries, such as now can rarely be conceived.--Professor Wm. Crookes, M.R.A., F.R.S., &c. Vibratory Philosophy teaches that "in the great workshop of Nature there are no lines of demarcation to be drawn between the most exalted speculation and common-place practice, and that all knowledge must lead up to one great resu< that of an intelligent recognition of the Creator through His works." "Facts are the body of science; speculation is its soul." It has been said that there is nothing more sublime in the history of mind than the lonely struggles which generate and precede success. After the admission made by Professor Riicker, M.A., at the last meeting of the British Association, that the ether may be "the material of which all matter is composed," and that " we may, perhaps, be able to use and control the ether as we now use and control steam," there would seem to be grounds for hoping that Keely's "lonely and prolonged struggles " to...
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Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Keely and His Discoveries; Aerial Navigation”, de Mrs Clara Jessup Moore, publicado pela editora TheClassics.us, em 2013 e com 136 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: TheClassics.us
Páginas: 136
Ano: 2013
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Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781230231242
ISBN13: 9781230231242
