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The Seven Follies of Science

by John Phin

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Seven Follies of Science
  3. 3I — Squaring the Circle
  4. 4II — The Duplication of the Cube
  5. 5III — The Trisection of an Angle
  6. 6IV — Perpetual motion
  7. 7V — Transmutation of the Metals
  8. 8VI — The Fixation of Mercury
  9. 9VII — The Universal Medicine and the Elixir of Life
  10. 10Additional “Follies”
  11. 11Perpetual or Ever-Burning Lamps
  12. 12The Alkahest or Universal Solvent
  13. 13Palingenesy
  14. 14The Powder of Sympathy
  15. 15A Small Budget of Paradoxes, Illusions, and Marvels
  16. 16How a Space May Be Apparently Enlarged by Changing Its Shape
  17. 17Can a Man Lift Himself by the Straps of His Boots?
  18. 18How a Spider Lifted a Snake
  19. 19How the Shadow May Be Made to Move Backward on the Sun-Dial
  20. 20How a Watch May Be Used as a Compass
  21. 21Micrography or Minute Writing and Microphotography
  22. 22Illusions of the Senses
  23. 23Objects Apparently Seen Through a Hole in the Hand
  24. 24Looking Through a Solid Brick
  25. 25Curious Arithmetical Problems
  26. 26The Nail Problem
  27. 27A Question of Population
  28. 28How to Become a Millionaire
  29. 29The Actual Cost and Present Value of the First Folio Shakespeare
  30. 30Arithmetical Puzzles
  31. 31Archimedes and His Fulcrum

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