Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean. — Dionysius Lardner Atlantic ocean Copy Share Image
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. — Dionysius Lardner Aviation Copy Share Image
In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical… — Dionysius Lardner Abstract Copy Share Image