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Page 43
... mechanical , one must realize that the first two had vanished as tangible possibilities well before the last frontier had been conquered . This left the mechanical power impulse dominant . Even in the New World itself it was the other ...
... mechanical , one must realize that the first two had vanished as tangible possibilities well before the last frontier had been conquered . This left the mechanical power impulse dominant . Even in the New World itself it was the other ...
Page 221
... Mechanical Powers , ' and ' Daedalus : or Mechanical Motions . ' Within that general framework , science , technics , and fantasy advanced hand in hand . Two and a half centuries later , H. G. Wells , who had probably never read either ...
... Mechanical Powers , ' and ' Daedalus : or Mechanical Motions . ' Within that general framework , science , technics , and fantasy advanced hand in hand . Two and a half centuries later , H. G. Wells , who had probably never read either ...
Page 484
... mechanical , 194 ; New World of , 36 ; overuse of , 329 ; reason for our valuation of , 72 ; widened empire of , 98 ... Mechanical creature , danger of elevating , 97 ' Mechanical explanation , ' meretricious nature of , 89 Mechanical ...
... mechanical , 194 ; New World of , 36 ; overuse of , 329 ; reason for our valuation of , 72 ; widened empire of , 98 ... Mechanical creature , danger of elevating , 97 ' Mechanical explanation , ' meretricious nature of , 89 Mechanical ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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