 The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force can be united in a practicable machine by which men shall fly long distances through the air, seems to the writer as complete as it...  Congressional Serial Set - 第 47 頁1937完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Victor Lougheed - 1912 - 188 頁
...forms of force, can be united in a practicable machine by which men can fly long distances in the air, as complete as It is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to be." To this he added, "Let us discover a substance a hundred times as strong as steel, and with that some... | |
 | Nevil Monroe Hopkins - 1919 - 288 頁
...predecessors have worked in vain, unless through the discovery of some agency of which they had no conception. The demonstration that no possible combination of...for the demonstration of any physical fact to be. " But let us discover a substance a hundred times as strong as steel, and with that, some form of force... | |
 | John David Main Smith - 1924 - 234 頁
...known forms of force can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly Ions distances throush the air seems to the writer as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to De< Professor Simon Newcomb, 1903 Submitted by G. Hany Stirve THE PAST, THE FUTURE, SUBSCRIBE NOW AND... | |
 | United States. National Resources Committee. Science Committee - 1937 - 414 頁
...averred that they "should not expect those who have not dined with them to take them quite seriously."81 Simon Newcomb's attitude was defeatist. He did nothing...the possibility of the success of a heavier than air machine.*2 HG Wells acknowledged that air flying would be mastered, but he failed to see its possibilities... | |
 | 1911 - 878 頁
...force, can be united in a practicable machine by which men can fly long distances through the air, as complete as it is possible for the demonstration of any physical fact 'to be,' was one of his dicta. He followed it up with the statement: 'Let us discover a substance a hundred... | |
 | 1969 - 668 頁
...of machinery, and known forms of force can be united in a practical machine by which men shall fly through the air seems to the writer as complete as...for the demonstration of any physical fact to be. Newcomb's article received wide publicity just about the time the Wright brothers were mounting a gasoline... | |
 | Martin Caidin - 1995 - 286 頁
...known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air, seems to...for the demonstration of any physical fact to be. " That winner is a quote from the famed scientist Simon Newcomb, in Sidelights on Astronomy, page 345,... | |
 | Max Kaplan - 1998 - 244 頁
...known forms of machinery and known forms of force can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air, seems to...for the demonstration of any physical fact to be. 4 In a happier mood, Clarke reports on Friar Roger, who wrote in the thirteenth century, Instruments... | |
 | Arthur C. Clarke - 2001 - 596 頁
...that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms offorce can be united in a practicable machine by which men...for the demonstration of any physical fact to be." Perhaps warned by this debacle, Dr. Campbell is less dogmatic and appears open to conviction. We would... | |
 | James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg - 1999 - 454 頁
...of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which men shall fly long distances through...possible for the demonstration of any physical fact to be."9 Soon after airplanes began to fly, another renowned astronomer, William H. Pickering, explained... | |
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