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Word: motoring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1881-1881
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...have developed into an inventive genius. In the first place, I invented questions that floored the instructor in Mathematics o; then I got up a table which, being written on one inch of cuff, will solve all problems of the differential calculus; and, finally, I invented a mathematical motor. Without telling the secret of this (which of course I intend to keep to myself) I can tell that, impelled by this motor, one can sail through boundless realms of space with the speed of thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT INFINITY. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

...corner of the room. "That is Fourth Dimension, our greatest philosopher. He is the inventor of the process by which a wooden box may be turned inside out. He is showing his latest discovery." I approached him to see the novelty, when behold! it was my mathematical motor! "Thief," I cried, "that invention is mine! "Snatching it from his hand, I was about to hide it from the spectators, when it started off, and, taking me with it, suddenly landed me unhurt at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT INFINITY. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

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