On the surface of the mercury which is in the bowl rests the weight of a column of fifty miles of air. Evangelista Torricelli
On the surface of the mercury which is in the bowl rests the weight of a column of fifty miles of air.
They are in opposition one to another — air is cold, water moist, and fire hot—and therefore, if any one of them were infinite, the rest would have ceased to be by this time. Anaximander
They are in opposition one to another — air is cold, water moist, and fire hot—and therefore, if any one of them were infinite, the rest would have ceased to be by this time.
The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath. Alberto Santos-Dumont
The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.
In a car of a fast express train objects fall in just the same way as in a coach that is standing still. Only when we look at objects outside the train, or when the air can enter the car, do we notice indications of the motion. Hendrik Lorentz
In a car of a fast express train objects fall in just the same way as in a coach that is standing still. Only when we look at objects outside the train, or when the air can enter the car, do we notice indications of the motion.
The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then. Denzel Washington
The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.
During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts. David Bohm
During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.
To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall. Alberto Santos-Dumont
To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. Glenn T. Seaborg
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded.
He then took a wooden sphere, in which there were holes, and in these long straps, and threw it up into the air till it went out of sight, as I myself witnessed, while the strap remained in his hand. Ibn Battuta
He then took a wooden sphere, in which there were holes, and in these long straps, and threw it up into the air till it went out of sight, as I myself witnessed, while the strap remained in his hand.
Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance. Ayrton Senna
Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans. Jacques Cousteau
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England. Glenn T. Seaborg
But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England.