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this is a famous quote that illustrates that this very famous scientist must have been mentally impaired at the time. did he look around? birds? paper planes? t
by zabzonk 4y ago
this is a famous quote that illustrates that this very famous scientist must have been mentally impaired at the time. did he look around? birds? paper planes? thrown beermats? kites?
- mpweiher 4y agomachines
- zabzonk 4y agowell, a bird is a machine, as are we. a modern glider is a machine (and Lilienthal had flown prior to the quote). you need to specify what you think or don't think is a machine. as kelvin should have done.
- mpweiher 4y ago> bird "The term is commonly applied to artificial devices,.." It seems he figured out that his audience was smart enough to figure out he wasn't deviating from common usage. And was mostly right. > Lilienthal Unpowered. "A machine is a physical system using power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine Cheers.