Poetry and Science.--The Paper Nautilus and the Sail.--Montgomery’s “Pelican Island.”--The Nautilus replaced by the Velella.--The Sailing Raft of Nature and Art.--Description of a Velella Fleet off Tenby.--The Natural Raft and its Sail.--The Boats of Nature and Art.--Man’s first Idea of a Boat.--The Kruman’s Canoe and the _Great Eastern_.--Gradual Development of the Boat.--The Outrigger Canoe a Mixture of Raft and Boat.--Natural Boats.--The Water-snails.--The Sea-anemones.--The Egg-boat of the Gnat.--The Skin-boat of the same Insect.--Shape and Properties of the Life-boat anticipated in Nature.--Natural Boat of the Stratiomys. It has been frequently said that the modern developments of scie…
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