Awed, served, protected, and amazed mankind."
A distinguished photographer imagines that he has traced the foreshadowing of his delightful science in the following passage from our great epic poet:
"With one touch virtuous
Th' arch-chemic sun, so far from us remote,
Produces."
Paradise Lost, b. iii. v. 608.
| [1] | Darwin projected an "aërial steam-carriage," in which he proposed to use wings similar to those of a bird, to which motion was to be given by a gigantic power worked by high-pressure steam, though the details of his plan were not bodied forth. |