 | 1894 - 834 pages
...moved. It was in acknowledging the compliments of Hiero that Archimedes made the well-known remark, "Give me^ a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth,"* which expresses his estimate of the efficiency of the lever. However, in the nine extant works of Archimedes... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1918 - 684 pages
...presentation in vivid style of the imagination and enthusiasm that Archimedes exhibited in the saying " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth ; "the reader likes to be entertained by the narrative of his behavior when the true solution of the problem... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1895 - 758 pages
...technically called, was worthy of its far-reaching consequences ; and the saying attributed to him — " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest and I will move the earth" — is a favorite though commonly ill-understood popular expression of his most important contribution... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 778 pages
...have far excelled all mathematicians who had lived before him. One of his sayings has become famous : "Give me a fulcrum on which to rest and I will move the earth." Architecture (ark'-i-tekt-yur), is the art of building. All the different styles of constructing and... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1895 - 818 pages
...technically called, was worthy of its far-reaching consequences ; and the saying attributed to him — " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest and I will move the earth " — is a favorite though commonly ill-understood popular expression of his most important contribution... | |
 | Florian Cajori - Mathematics - 1898 - 512 pages
...this day. His estimate of the efficiency of the lever is expressed in the saymg attributed to him, "Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth." While the Eijuiponderance treats of solids, or the equilibrium of solids, the book on Flouting Bodies... | |
 | Florian Cajori - Physical laboratories - 1899 - 352 pages
...are suspended." His appreciation of its efficiency is echoed in the exclamation attributed to him : " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth." We reproduce from a mechanical work of Varignon, published in Paris in 1687, a figure (Fig. 1) illustrating... | |
 | Florian Cajori - Physical Laboratories - 1899 - 344 pages
...are suspended." His appreciation of its efficiency is echoed in the exclamation attributed to him : " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth." We reproduce from a mechanical work of Varignon, published in Paris in 1687, a figure (Fig. 1) illustrating... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1918 - 682 pages
...presentation in vivid style of the imagination and enthusiasm that Archimedes exhibited in the saying " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth ; "the reader likes to be entertained by the narrative of his behavior when the true solution of the problem... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1918 - 714 pages
...presentation in vivid style of the imagination and enthusiasm that Archimedes exhibited in the saying " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will move the earth ; "the reader likes to be entertained by the narrative of his behavior when the true solution of the problem... | |
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The society's ritual possesses something of novelty among like productions, being based on the life of Archimedes, having particular reference to his discovery of the principle of the lever, and the words, " Give me a fulcrum on which to rest, and I will... 
