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Chapter 2
Whattwotemperamentsdidtheyindividuallyrepresent?
Thescientific.Theartistic.
WhatproofsdidBloomadducetoprovethathistendencywastowardsapplied,ratherthantowardspure,science?
Certainpossibleinventionsofwhichhehadcogitatedwhenreclininginastateofsupinerepletiontoaiddigestion,stimulatedbyhisappreciationoftheimportanceofinventionsnowcommonbutoncerevolutionary,forexample,theaeronauticparachute,thereflectingtelescope,thespiralcorkscrew,thesafetypin,themineralwatersiphon,thecanallockwithwinchandsluice,thesuctionpump.
Weretheseinventionsprincipallyintendedforanimprovedschemeofkindergarten?
Yes,renderingobsoletepopguns,elasticairbladders,gamesofhazard,catapults.TheycomprisedastronomicalkaleidoscopesexhibitingthetwelveconstellationsofthezodiacfromAriestoPisces,miniaturemechanicalorreries,arithmeticalgelatinelozenges,geometricaltocorrespondwithzoologicalbiscuits,globemapplayingballs,historicallycostumeddolls.
Whatalsostimulatedhiminhiscogitations?
ThefinancialsuccessachievedbyEphraimMarksandCharlesA.
