Re: [Electric Boats] Re: "Batteries Not Included"

Rolls Royce made a V-8 engine in 1904, and V-8s from other makers were
pretty common by the time Henry Ford introduced his flathead V-8 in the
1930s. Ford didn't "invent" the V-8, his innovation was putting one in a
low-priced car. Sometimes the stories that you think are true just aren't:
only Columbus thought the world was round in 1492; Henry Ford invented the
automobile; Edison invented the light bulb (he just perfected it), and
many more...

Who said, "it is humanly impossible for a man to run a mile in less than
four minutes?" I don't doubt that somebody could have said that, but it
seems unlikely that it was the accepted "fact." There are always naysaying
crackpots. They're different from sceptical scientists and engineers who
have arrived at their opinions by way of research and experience.

On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:43 -0700, james wrote:

> Well said.
> If I remember my history correctly.... "it is humanly impossible for a
> man to run a mile in less than four minutes" Roger Banister did it when
> he was told it couldn't be done.
> "A v8 engine can not be made, the theory is illogical" Henry Ford knew
> it could be done and he made it.
> "Man is meant to go through life with Kerosene lanterns" Thomas Edison
> even failed 10,000 time trying to invent the electric light.... but he
> did it.
> "Man cannot fly" but we do.
> Traveling to the moon was fantasy... now it's a reality.
> "Anything a man can see in his mind and believe whole heatedly... He can
> achieve" quoted from the bible, written over 2000 years ago.
> ...

--
John (jkohnen@boat-links.com)
It s a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word!
(Attributed to Andrew Jackson)


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