My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.

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As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy,...

As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy,...

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in...

When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in...

So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and...

So far as the economic condition of society and the general mode of living and...

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement...

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics...

My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one...

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one...

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college,...

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college,...

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former...

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to...

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have...

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have...

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history...

In October, 1865, occurred what was, in my eyes, the greatest event in the history...

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail,...

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail,...

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of...

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of...

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and...

In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and...

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather,...

Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather,...