Lincoln

Aug 03, 2008 22:41

Today I discovered this excerpt from a speech given by soon-to-be-president Lincoln in 1859, on the subject of discoveries and inventions. This paragraph in particular is a pretty decent summarization of the scientific method as applied to steam power, including mentions of trial/error, experimentation, and induction. He was certainly ahead of his ( Read more... )

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_aska_ August 4 2008, 07:38:07 UTC
good ol' abe!

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