| Paul C. Hiemenz, Raj Rajagopalan - 1997 - 676 pages
...Third Dimension; and I am sure I did not say one word about "Upward, not Northward," for that would be nonsense, you know. How could a thing move Upward, and not Northward? Upward and not Northward! . . . How silly it is! From Abbott's Flatland 6.1 INTRODUCTION 6.1 a What Are Surface Tension and Contact... | |
| James Roy Newman - 2000 - 486 pages
...— took in the situation with an acuteness for which I was quite unprepared. He remained silent til! the last words of the Proclamation had died away,...not be so absurd as that. How silly it is! Ha! ha! bar "Not at all silly," said I, losing my temper; "here, for example, I take this Square," and, at... | |
| James Roy Newman - 2000 - 486 pages
...reverence for the authority of the Circles — took in the situation with an acuteness for which 1 was quite unprepared. He remained silent till the...Northward! Even if I were a baby, I could not be so ahsurd as that. How silly it is! Ha! ha! ha!" "Not at all silly," said I, losing my temper; "here,... | |
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