The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, and then intelligently asking why they did so.


The Doré Lectures (ed. 1909)

Thomas Troward Quotes

The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, ...

The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, ...

The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, ...

The law of floatation was not discovered by contemplating the sinking of things, but by contemplating the floating of things which floated naturally, ...