The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.]

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y means seemed to assuage its virulence, they sent a deputation of the citizens to consult t

e size. But this did not satisfy the conditions prescribed by the oracle, and the people were told that the altar must consist of one cube, the size of which must be exactly twice the size of the original altar. They then constructed

lected the study of philosophy, of which geometry is one of the higher departments-certainly a very sound reason, whatever we may think of the details of the story. The pe

itions, and Apollo (the Sun) instead of causing disease by the festering corruption of the usual filth of c

s when the schoolmaster is supposed to be "abroad in the land." At an examination of candidates for the position of fireman in one of our cities, several of the applicants made the mistake o

The company required more water, and after certain negotiations with the owner of the stream, offered double the sum if they were allowed a supply through a pipe of double the

an area four times that of the original. And in the case of solids: A ball of twice the diameter will weigh eight time

be, we meet the old difficulty of incommensurability, and the solution cannot be effected geo