Project Gutenberg 2016-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 109 Wood, J. G. (John George) 1827 1889 Wood, John George Forrest, George Wood, John G. Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature Produced by Chris Curnow, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature" by J. G. Wood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work explores the profound connections between natural phenomena and human inventions, arguing that many technological advancements have their origins in nature's designs. Wood's perspective emphasizes that through observation and study of nature's prototypes, humans can create more effective tools, structures, and systems. The opening of this book introduces its central thesis: that nearly every human invention has a counterpart in the natural world. Wood begins by contrasting poetry and science, using the example of the Paper Nautilus to illustrate how poetry has historically romanticized natural entities that are merely imaginative. He then shifts focus to the example of the Velella, a marine organism that functions like a sailboat, highlighting how nature provides not only inspiration but also physical analogs for human technology, such as boats and propulsion systems. Wood furthers this idea by connecting other biological forms, like the Water-snail and Gnat, to their invented counterparts, establishing a framework for the chapters that follow, which will explore various inventions inspired by natural phenomena. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Natural history Inventions Q Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 1216402 1215919 2024-09-22T07:37:10.655384 2023-09-23T06:10:40.361881 text/html text/html 1205906 2021-01-24T19:42:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 25211612 2021-01-24T19:42:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 25673724 2024-09-22T07:38:30.788529 application/epub+zip 25595279 2024-09-22T07:37:36.749823 application/epub+zip 528803 2024-09-22T07:37:14.095388 application/epub+zip 33808377 2024-09-22T07:38:56.720375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33580545 2024-09-22T07:38:00.125662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 731094 2022-09-24T07:45:45.030287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1046038 1045836 2024-09-22T07:37:05.624437 2023-09-23T06:10:28.989816 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1045844 2016-10-17T10:41:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 381974 2016-10-17T10:52:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18788 2024-09-22T07:38:57.206347 application/rdf+xml 16523 2024-09-22T07:37:14.299385 image/jpeg 2607 2024-09-22T07:37:14.196381 image/jpeg 26395531 2024-09-22T07:37:11.860418 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia