Philip's Experiments, or, Physical Science at Home (1898), episode 6
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Philip's Experiments, or, Physical Science at Home (1898), episode 6
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On the latest episode of the podcast with readings so interesting they put you to sleep, our sixth installment from the 1898 book “Philip’s Experiments, or, Physical Science at Home,” by John Trowbridge.
Our narrator, Philip’s father, continues his contemplation of Philip’s interest in athletic feats of strength. Their friend Scribain says “Excess in athletics is like all forms of dissipation,” and quotes Locke as recommending gardening and woodworking as healthy recreations for a man of study or business. Father and Philip take a trip to Europe and enjoy estimating the height of the Matterhorn as seen from Zermatt using sight lines and geometry. If you stay awake long enough you’ll hear how, at the Swiss resort, they meet an American photographer full of stories about capturing Alpine scenery, especially with telephoto lenses. ”A long focus lens acts like time in bringing out the grandeur of a great character, and sinks the too obtrusive present,” he says.
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