The seven follies of science — 科学の七つの愚行

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The seven follies of science科学の七つの愚行――不可能問題・パラドックス・錯覚・俗説ジョン・フィン1912年New York版・AI翻訳 英日対照版パブリ…

原文 I know by large experience that these are the bugbear of the ordinary reader,

for whom this volume is specially intended. Therefore I have endeavored to stateeverything …

原文 classed as one, under the head of the Philosopher's Stone, and then Astrology

and Magic might come in to make up the mystic number Seven.B00122｜原版スキャンp.17／原版本文p.3｜原文順012…

原文 In this connection the words of De Morgan have a deep significance. Alluding to

the difficulty of preventing men of no authority from setting up false pretensionsand the i…

原文 In this form the problem is known to mathematicians as that of the

rectification of the curve.B00174｜原版スキャンp.27／原版本文p.13｜原文順0174｜フィン本文――科学の七つの愚行機械の進歩の非常に初期段階…

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determined by a value of ten fractional places, the result would not err by theone-milliont…

原文 It is now well established that, like the diagonal and side of a square, the

diameter and circumference of any circle are incommensurable quantities. But, as DeMorgan s…

原文 This may of course be used for measuring the circumference of any circle and

comparing it with the diameter. De Morgan gives the following instance of its use:A squarer…

本文節（原題）：「THE DUPLICATION

OF THE CUBE」原文 THE DUPLICATION OF THE CUBE B00275｜原版スキャンp.44／原版本文p.30｜原文順0275｜フィン本文――科学の七つ…

原文 T is probable that more time, effort, and money have been wasted in the search

for a perpetualmotion machine than have been devoted to attempts to square thecircle or ev…

原文 The earliest mechanical device intended to produce perpetual motion is that

known as the overbalancing wheel. This is described in a sketch book of thethirteenth centu…

原文 To every miller whose mill ceased working for want of water, the idea has no

doubt occurred that if he could only pump the water back again and use it a secondor a thir…

本文節（原題）：「PERPETUAL

MOTION 55」原文 PERPETUAL MOTION 55 B00378｜原版スキャンp.69／原版本文p.55｜原文順0378｜フィン本文――科学の七つの愚行原版記号・OCR…

原文 3. The friction of the rope in passing through the water from z to X and its

tendency to raise a portion of the water above the level of the water at x.B00410｜原版スキャンp.7…

原文 That liquid air is a real and wonderful discovery, and that for a certain small

range of purposes it will prove highly useful, cannot be doubted by those who haveseen and …

原文 the owner to prevent them. When the spring had run down, they placed the

machine again on the table and offered the owner fifty pounds if it could then setitself go…

原文 name of this inventor was Jean Ernest Elie-Bessler, and he is said to have

manufactured the name Orffyreus by placing his own name between two Unes ofletters, and pic…

原文 In the astronomy of the ancients, as is generally known, the earth occupied the

center of the universe, and the list of planets included the sun and moon. Afterthem came M…

原文 A much more probable explanation is that the relators were either dreaming or

deceived by clever legerdemain.B00528｜原版スキャンp.102／原版本文p.88｜原文順0528｜フィン本文――科学の七つの愚行［歴史資料・実施…

原文 quickly frozen. In this way it was easy to make a hammer-head of frozen

mercury and drive a nail with it.B00552｜原版スキャンp.108／原版本文p.94｜原文順0552｜フィン本文――科学の七つの愚行180［歴史資…

本文節（原題）：「98 THE SEVEN

FOLLIES OF SCIENCE」原文 98 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE B00576｜原版スキャンp.112／原版本文p.98｜原文順0576｜…

原文 The futility of such attempts was very well exposed by the cynical sceptic, who

asked them what kind of vessel could they provide for holding such a liquid? If itssolvent …

原文 HIS curious occult method of curing wounds is indissolubly associated with the

name of Sir Kenelm Digby (born 1603, died 1665), though it was undoubtedly in uselong befor…

原文 Various attempts have been made to explain what is meant by "the fourth

dimension," but it would seem that thus far the explanations which have beenoffered are, to…

本文節（原題）：「124 THE SEVEN

FOLLIES OF SCIENCE」原文 124 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE B00694｜原版スキャンp.138／原版本文p.124｜原文順069…

原文 " The only thing supplied to the crew is a coil of rope, and they have (without

leaving the boat) to propel it from one point to another as rapidly as possible. Themotion …

原文 Professor Ball, in his "Mathematical Recreations and Problems," gives more

complete directions and explanations. He says:B00748｜原版スキャンp.148／原版本文p.134｜原文順0748｜フィン本文――パ…

本文節（原題）：「I40 THE SEVEN

FOLLIES OF SCIENCE」原文 I40 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE B00773｜原版スキャンp.154／原版本文p.140｜原文順077…

原文 But at the same time we must carefully distinguish between our want of power

to grasp these ideas and our inability to form a conception of some inconceivablesubject, s…

原文 senses' which have been differentiated from the sense of touch and which,

with the original five, make up the mystic number seven, are very untrustworthyguides under…

本文節（原題）：「ILLUSIONS OF

THE SENSES 155」原文 ILLUSIONS OF THE SENSES 155 B00856｜原版スキャンp.169／原版本文p.155｜原文順0856｜フィン本文――パ…

原文 If the price of a bushel of wheat be estimated at one dollar, the value of the

above quantity probably exceeds that of all the riches on the earth.282 B00890｜原版スキャンp.178…

原文 The French have a proverb that " it is the first step that costs " (cVjj? le

premier pas qui coute) but in this case it is the last step that costs and it costswith a v…

原文 That Archimedes, provided he had been immortal, could have carried out his

promise, is mathematically certain, but it occurred to Ozanam to calculate thelength of tim…

原文 tion takes ninety-nine per cent of his information from the generally accepted

books of the day. When Shakespeare speaks of things which come within the sphere

原文 duction of motion, and the number of the inventors who had devoted

themselves to the improvement of the steam engine was very large — Battista dellaPorta, Bra…

さい。］本文節（原題）：「THAT

THE FIRST FIRE WAS PRODUCED BYTHE FRICTION OF BRANCHES OF TREES MOVED BY THE WIND」

原文 But every engineer and miner knows that if the slab of stone were raised from

the groimd and supported on pillars, the dynamite if placed under it would shatterit as eff…

原文 Of course those who have even the slightest knowledge of optics and the

construction of optical instruments can never make this mistake, but a very largemajority o…

本文節（原題）：「202 THE SEVEN

FOLLIES OF SCIENCE」原文 202 THE SEVEN FOLLIES OF SCIENCE B01077｜原版スキャンp.216／原版本文p.202｜原文順1077…

本文節（原題）：「THAT A

DECAYING CARCASS BREEDS WORMS」原文 THAT A DECAYING CARCASS BREEDS WORMS B01103｜原版スキャンp.221／原版…

原文 |HIS might be regarded rather as an error of speech than as a fallacy of

thought were it not that the same erroneous idea has been carried into otherconceptions and…

本文節（原題）：「THAT

FRANKENSTEIN WAS A MONSTER」原文 THAT FRANKENSTEIN WAS A MONSTER B01154｜原版スキャンp.230／原版本文p.216…

原文 Blind Wokm. — Although not found in this coimtry, the name of the creature is

so often mentioned in English literature that it is worth while to note the fact thatit is …

原文 And the mental answer was: Let the pen be the lever and the printing press the

fulcrum, while the sword, used for the same purpose but resting on glory, or inother words…