Seven Follies of Science, The by John Phin (1830 - 1913)
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The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions, and marvels.
(Summary by John Phin)
(Summary by John Phin)
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Words that Convey Erroneous Ideas and Knowledge is Power
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Age 21, Rules, Cinderella, Glass, and Frankenstein
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Worms, Flies, Dragon Flies, and Powdered Glass
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Copper, Steam, Vinegar, Lenses, Serpents, and Hair
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Whetstones, Lightning, Fire, Volcanoes, and Dynamite
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Popular Fallacies and Common Errors: Accidental Discoveries and Steam Engines
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Curious Arithmetical Problems
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Seeing through a Hole in the Hand and a Brick
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Illusions of the Senses
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Micrography
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Space, Bootstraps, Spiders, Sun-dials, and Compasses
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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The Fourth Dimension
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Additional Follies: Perpetual Lamps, Alkahest, Palingenesy, and Sympathy
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 7: The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 6: The Fixation of Mercury
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 5: The Transmutation of Metals--Alchemy
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 3 - Fallacies and Frauds
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 2 - Absurdities
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 4: Perpetual Motion Part 1
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 3: The Trisection of an Angle
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 2: The Duplication of the Cube
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 2
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Folly 1: Squaring the Circle Part 1
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Introductory Note
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Jan 01, 1970 |
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Preface
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Jan 01, 1970 |