Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
Oct 10, 2026 · 6 hr 35 min · 69 segments
"Marvels of Modern Science" by Paul Severing invites listeners to explore the remarkable advancements and innovations that have shaped our understanding of the world. This audiobook delves into the…
Chapter 1 of Marvels of Modern Science.
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Marvels of Modern Science by Paul Severing.
Chapter 1.
Flying Machines.
Early attempts at flight.
The dirigible.
Professor Langley's experiment.
The Wright brothers.
Count Zeppelin.
Recent aeroplane records.
It is hard to determine when men first essayed the attempt to fly.
In myth, legend, and tradition, we find allusions to aerial flight, and from the very dawn of authentic history, philosophers, poets, and writers have made allusion to the subject, showing that the idea must have early taken root in the restless human heart.
Aeschylus exclaims, Oh might I sit sublime in air, where watery clouds the freezing snows prepare.
Ariosto, in his Orlando Furioso, makes an English knight, whom he names Astolfo, fly to the banks of the Nile.
Nowadays, the authors are trying to make their heroes fly to the North Pole.
Some will have it that the ancient world had a civilization much higher than the modern and was more advanced in knowledge.
It is claimed that steam engines and electricity were common in Egypt thousands of years ago, and that literature, science, art, and architecture flourished as never since.
Certain it is that the pyramids were, for a long time, the most solid skyscrapers in the world.
Perhaps, after all, our boasted progress is but a case of going back to first principles, of history, or rather tradition, repeating itself.
The flying machine may not be as new as we think it is.
At any rate, the conception of it is old enough.
In the 13th century, Roger Bacon, often called the father of philosophy, maintained that the air could be navigated.
Chapter 1 of Marvels of Modern Science.
This is a LibriVox recording.
All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain.
For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org.
Marvels of Modern Science by Paul Severing.
Chapter 1.
Flying Machines.
Early attempts at flight.
The dirigible.
Professor Langley's experiment.
The Wright brothers.
Count Zeppelin.
Recent aeroplane records.
It is hard to determine when men first essayed the attempt to fly.
In myth, legend, and tradition, we find allusions to aerial flight, and from the very dawn of authentic history, philosophers, poets, and writers have made allusion to the subject, showing that the idea must have early taken root in the restless human heart.
Aeschylus exclaims, Oh might I sit sublime in air, where watery clouds the freezing snows prepare.
Ariosto, in his Orlando Furioso, makes an English knight, whom he names Astolfo, fly to the banks of the Nile.
Nowadays, the authors are trying to make their heroes fly to the North Pole.
Some will have it that the ancient world had a civilization much higher than the modern and was more advanced in knowledge.
It is claimed that steam engines and electricity were common in Egypt thousands of years ago, and that literature, science, art, and architecture flourished as never since.
Certain it is that the pyramids were, for a long time, the most solid skyscrapers in the world.
Perhaps, after all, our boasted progress is but a case of going back to first principles, of history, or rather tradition, repeating itself.
The flying machine may not be as new as we think it is.
At any rate, the conception of it is old enough.
In the 13th century, Roger Bacon, often called the father of philosophy, maintained that the air could be navigated.
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