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The Seven Follies of Science

The Seven Follies of Science

by John Phin

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Author
Phin, John, 1830-1913
Title
The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. To which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels
Credits
Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
Q: Science
Subject
Scientific recreations
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36547
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36547
Release Date
June 28, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE
  2. 2.BY JOHN PHIN
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE
  6. 6.I. SQUARING THE CIRCLE — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.II THE DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE
  8. 8.III THE TRISECTION OF AN ANGLE
  9. 9.IV PERPETUAL MOTION — 1. ABSURDITIES — 2. FALLACIES — 3. FRAUDS
  10. 10.V TRANSMUTATION OF THE METALS — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.VI THE FIXATION OF MERCURY
  12. 12.VII THE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE AND THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
  13. 13.ADDITIONAL "FOLLIES"
  14. 14.PERPETUAL OR EVER-BURNING LAMPS
  15. 15.THE ALKAHEST OR UNIVERSAL SOLVENT
  16. 16.PALINGENESY
  17. 17.THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.A SMALL BUDGET OF PARADOXES, ILLUSIONS, AND MARVELS
  19. 19.THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SENSE AND NEW SENSE-ORGAN — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.HOW A SPACE MAY BE APPARENTLY ENLARGED BY CHANGING ITS SHAPE
  21. 21.CAN A MAN LIFT HIMSELF BY THE STRAPS OF HIS BOOTS?
  22. 22.HOW A SPIDER LIFTED A SNAKE
  23. 23.HOW THE SHADOW MAY BE MADE TO MOVE BACKWARD ON THE SUN-DIAL
  24. 24.HOW A WATCH MAY BE USED AS A COMPASS
  25. 25.MICROGRAPHY OR MINUTE WRITING AND MICROPHOTOGRAPHY
  26. 26.ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.OBJECTS APPARENTLY SEEN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE HAND
  28. 28.LOOKING THROUGH A SOLID BRICK
  29. 29.CURIOUS ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS
  30. 30.THE CHESS-BOARD PROBLEM
  31. 31.THE NAIL PROBLEM
  32. 32.A QUESTION OF POPULATION
  33. 33.HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
  34. 34.THE ACTUAL COST AND PRESENT VALUE OF THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE
  35. 35.ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES
  36. 36.ARCHIMEDES AND HIS FULCRUM
  37. 37.INDEX

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