That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present moment. ... The air seems to become as accessible to him as the waters… The name of Montgolfier,… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share
That which the sciences can add to the privileges of the human race has never been more marked than at the present moment. ... The air seems to become as accessible to him as the waters… The name of Montgolfier, the names of those hardy navigators of the new element, will live through time; but who among us, on seeing… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share
It is interesting to transport one's self back to the times when Astronomy began; to observe how discoveries were connected together, how errors have got mixed up with truth, have delayed the knowledge of it, and retarded its progress; and, after having followed the various epochs and traversed every climate, finally to contemplate the edifice founded on the labours of… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share
The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share Image
