Humphry Davy Quote

Have you ever thought... about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his calculations and computations, all the nights spent over working draughts and blueprints, invariably culminate in the production of a thing whose sole and guiding principle is the ultimate principle of simplicity?

Wind, Sand and Stars, Chapter 3 (p. 65), Reynal & Hitchcock. 1939

Have you ever thought... about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his calculations and computations, all the nights spent ...

Have you ever thought... about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his calculations and computations, all the nights spent ...

Have you ever thought... about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his calculations and computations, all the nights spent ...

Have you ever thought... about whatever man builds, that all of man's industrial efforts, all his calculations and computations, all the nights spent ...