Dec 4, 2016
“Why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground,” thought he to him self. -W. Stukely A scramble and scurry across the rooftop above Sam caught him by surprise. The apple tree shook and a few leaves and late blossoms fluttered to the ground. Sam gaped dumbly as Emma Dunbar dropped from the […]
Nov 27, 2016
Law 3 Corollary 2:4: For from hence are easily deduced the forces of machines, which are compounded of wheels, pullies, levers, cords, and weights, ascending directly or obliquely, and other mechanical powers; as also the force of the tendons to move the bones of animals. -Lord Isaac Newton, PBUH Sam slowly crawled out of the […]
Nov 20, 2016
Early spring storm / Up the kite flies When lightning descends / Everyone dies – The Curse of Benjamin Franklin, from Poor Richard’s Heraticks Sam Mack dug away in the granite hills of the Adirondacks all morning until dust of crushed rocks mixed with locomotive smoke and filled the whole valley to the brim. Pale sunlight streaked in rays […]
Nov 13, 2016
Law I: Every body persists in its state of being at rest or of moving uniformly straight forward, except insofar as it is compelled to change its state by force impressed. -Lord Isaac Newton, PBUH Airman Adams balanced on a small crow’s nest high on the mainmast of His Imperial Majesty’s Airship Endeavour. For three […]