In order to know the true situation of a Planet at any particular time, the small set of balls are to be put each on its respective axis; then the winch to be turned round until each index points to the given time.

  • -- David Rittenhouse 黎顿郝斯

为了了解某颗行星在任何特定时间的真实情况,将一组小球放在各自的轴上;然后卷扬机转动,直到每个指标指向给定的时间。

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Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?

很少有人能充分意识到这种节约在阅读中的重要性,因为阅读几乎完全是选择书籍的第一顺序。为什么,除了一些特殊的原因,在你可能正在阅读最高等级的书的时候,却要读一本劣等的书呢?

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

每次我想放弃的时候,如果我看到一件有趣的纺织品,印什么都行,突然我就会看到一个收藏。