Identifier: mythologypoetryp00chap (find matches)
Title: Mythology: poetry and prose
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Chapin, Harry Lorenzo, 1872-1917
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Publisher: New York, Shakespeare Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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tion with my theory; in explaining one I ex-plain the other, replied Innes. Why not go over to that little sand pit, where I candraw a chart in the sand and, too, there are some stonesnearby that we can use for seats that will make us morecomfortable? A good idea, Francis answered. As they walked toward the sand pit it seemed almostridiculously clever to Francis that a girl, although developedinto womanhood, would have ever given her time to heav-enly contemplation, for she was the first one he had everheard of in the female of the species that was decidedlyfeminine in every tendency that had resorted to scientificresearch as a last recourse to fortify herself against dyingof loneliness in the country. But this maiden, that was evennow a personified Psyche, astonished him. They reachedthe sand pit and sat down on the stones opposite eachother, and she proceeded to sketch a chart of the heavens inthe sand and place the eggs to represent the sun andplanets in their respective positions.
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1 nnes Drawing Her Chart of the Heavens at theTrysting Place POETRY AND PROSE 281 This was her description.: The sun is caused by friction; it is the planets thatmake the sun, not the sun that makes the planets; as youwell know, if it were not for the atoms in space, light wouldnot be perceptible, neither natural nor artificial. They area medium for reflecting the refractory rays of the sun; thatis one purpose they serve. Another is that they are identicalin infinite use to the brush near the revolving cylinder ofa dynamo—infinite use, for this is what causes the friction.The planets and their satellites correspond to the cylindersof the dynamo. The atoms of infinitude are the brush thatcomes in contact with the planet cylinders/ Is that clearto you ? Your description is vivid, Francis retorted. Then I will proceed further. You readily see that themovements of the planets and their satellites, which travelthrough space at almost unbelievable speed, cause frictionbetween the bodies o

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