The mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. May not our mechanicians, in like manner, be ultimately forced to admit that aerial flight is one of that great class… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force.… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of… — Simon Newcomb Copy Share Image
