All Attempts At Artificial Aviation Are Not

As The Existence Of A Corps Of Professors Of Mathematics Is Peculiar To Our Navy, As Well As An Apparent, Perhaps A Real, Anomaly, Some Account Of It May Be Of Interest.

The Time Was Not Yet Ripe For The Growth Of Mathematical Science Among Us, And Any Development That Might Have Taken Place In That Direction Was Rudely Stopped By The Civil War.

The Result Was That, If It Happened To Clear Off After A Cloudy Evening, I Frequently Arose From My Bed At Any Hour Of The Night Or Morning And Walked Two Miles To The Observatory To Make Some Observation Included In The Programme.

The Reports Of The Eclipse Parties Not Only Described The Scientific Observations In Great Detail, But Also The Travels And Experiences, And Were Sometimes Marked By A Piquancy Not Common In Official Documents.

Though Born In Nova Scotia, I Am Of Almost Pure New England Descent.