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THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE
I. SQUARING THE CIRCLE
FOOTNOTES:
II THE DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE
III THE TRISECTION OF AN ANGLE
IV PERPETUAL MOTION
1. ABSURDITIES
2. FALLACIES
3. FRAUDS
V TRANSMUTATION OF THE METALS
FOOTNOTES:
VI THE FIXATION OF MERCURY
VII THE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE AND THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
ADDITIONAL "FOLLIES"
PERPETUAL OR EVER-BURNING LAMPS
THE ALKAHEST OR UNIVERSAL SOLVENT
PALINGENESY
THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY
FOOTNOTES:
A SMALL BUDGET OF PARADOXES, ILLUSIONS, AND MARVELS
THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SENSE AND NEW SENSE-ORGAN
FOOTNOTES:
HOW A SPACE MAY BE APPARENTLY ENLARGED BY CHANGING ITS SHAPE
CAN A MAN LIFT HIMSELF BY THE STRAPS OF HIS BOOTS?
HOW A SPIDER LIFTED A SNAKE
HOW THE SHADOW MAY BE MADE TO MOVE BACKWARD ON THE SUN-DIAL
HOW A WATCH MAY BE USED AS A COMPASS
MICROGRAPHY OR MINUTE WRITING AND MICROPHOTOGRAPHY
ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES
FOOTNOTES:
OBJECTS APPARENTLY SEEN THROUGH A HOLE IN THE HAND
LOOKING THROUGH A SOLID BRICK
CURIOUS ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS
THE CHESS-BOARD PROBLEM
THE NAIL PROBLEM
A QUESTION OF POPULATION
HOW TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE
THE ACTUAL COST AND PRESENT VALUE OF THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE
ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES
ARCHIMEDES AND HIS FULCRUM
INDEX
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