--- title: "3 Dionysius Lardner Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE was an Irish scientific writer and science and technology populariser who edited the 133-volume The Cabinet Cyclopædia." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dionysius-lardner-29523.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dionysius Lardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dionysius-lardner-29523.jpg) # Dionysius Lardner (1793–1859) Writer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland **3** quotes in **44** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dionysius Lardner was a writer from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ## Quick Facts About Dionysius Lardner Born April 3, 1793 Died April 29, 1859 Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Profession Writer Notable works Railway economy: a treatise on the new art of transport, its management, prospects and relations. ## About Dionysius Lardner Dionysius Lardner FRS FRSE was an Irish scientific writer and science and technology populariser who edited the 133-volume The Cabinet Cyclopædia. ## Awards & Honors Fellow of the Royal Society ## Quotes by Dionysius Lardner > [Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-the-moon-as-attempt-to-employ/) Dionysius Lardner [Atlantic ocean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atlantic-ocean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/dionysius-lardner-79615_atlantic-ocean_men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-th_207989.png) > [Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possible-because-passengers-unable/) Dionysius Lardner [Aviation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aviation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/dionysius-lardner-79615_aviation_rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possibl_379467.png) > [In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/in-this-science-the-illustrations-and-examples-are-not-confined-in/) Dionysius Lardner [Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/dionysius-lardner-79615_abstract_in-this-science-the-illustrations-and-ex_2727386.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dionysius-lardner/#itemlist", "name": "Dionysius Lardner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dionysius Lardner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-the-moon-as-attempt-to-employ/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/dionysius-lardner-79615_atlantic-ocean_men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-th_207989.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/dionysius-lardner-79615_atlantic-ocean_men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-th_207989.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/dionysius-lardner-79615_atlantic-ocean_men-might-as-well-project-a-voyage-to-th_207989.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy…” — Dionysius Lardner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dionysius Lardner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dionysius-lardner/rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possible-because-passengers-unable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/dionysius-lardner-79615_aviation_rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possibl_379467.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/dionysius-lardner-79615_aviation_rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possibl_379467.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/dionysius-lardner-79615_aviation_rail-travel-at-high-speed-is-not-possibl_379467.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.” — Dionysius Lardner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In this science the illustrations and examples are not confined in their effect merely to the practice they afford in the analytical art, but [...] they also store the mind with independent geometrical and physical knowledge. 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