Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-25
"a WONDERFUL CENTURY"
OrrOm the New York MorldD

In Alfred Russcl Wullace's recital of the
achievements Of this "wonderful century"
i'm invention and discovery. printed in your
ISSUE of last sunday / find some imrcr-
ftctious in tho summary of the great in
N-ntions and discoveries which We owe to
the whole period of human history orc
coding the nineteenth century. He gives
tvcntv-four great inventions to this cen
tmv-onIv fifteen to all preceding TIM
Here is the list with which he fills the
period from the origin of mau 70 the end
of the wear iSOo:
/ The mariners compass.
>. Thc steam engine
3 The telescope.
The. barometer and thermometer.
>. Printing.
Il. Arabic numerals
:. AIphatctical writing.
S. Modern chemistry is founded.
.. Electrical science is founded.
10 Graviiation established.
II. K,pIcr's laws.
T.. Thc difcrentiai calculus.
-. The circulation Of the blood
H. Light is proved to have finite velocity.
H. The DEVELOPMENT of geometry
Here. however il a somewhat longer
list:
l. Fire. or IL not tho actual invention of
fire itself yet thu. means Of making it at
will aud If the apparatus for utilizing it
for the service of man for warmth. cook
cry ard in forge. and furnaces
.. Iron and tn other metals, and the in
vcrtion of the methods Of producing and
r<ing them by fire.
B. InV.ntio Of the use Of tools and of
the separate tools themselves.
t. The lever. the pulley, the screw. and
the whole arsenal of mechanical devices
for tho. application of force
>. The pump.
e. Agriculture. the cultivation Of the
soil. This and fire first made possible a
stationary existence and that greatest Of
:. Home. the family, domestic lifc.
S The windmill
.. The waterwheel.
H. Tu. plough.
II The wheel and axle. making the first
great step i'm land TRANSFORMATION.
- The shin the sail NAVIGATION by the
stars. later the mariners compass.
10. The spinning wheel and the weaVeG's
loom.
"A The steam cnpinr
- Machines TO keen time. from the hour
glas. aud the Sundial to the clock
Is Tologyanh. siauals for communicating
Information,
II All the primitive wcapons-the bow,
the sling. the spear the catapult.
Is Grnnoydaf small arms and artillery
IL. Wine and beer.
ID Mathematics arithmetic alechra--in-
rludMl under this head not any one de-
tail or division. Tut the whole ..uoic,i If
WEIGHING and measuring and conlputati5n
without which there could be no 1hvsical
science
a. Roturditv of the earth. its revolution
around the sun. ASTRONOMY.
~ Grayitation
% Tel, scono microscono spcctoclos all
the ontjcaI Instruments and laws
%; Chaioistr.v
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