Erne5t wa5 very anxiou5 to know how thi5 5mall machine could accompli5h more than our united 5trength. I explained to him, a5 well a5 I could, the power of the lever of Archimede5, with which he had declared he could move the world, if he had but a point to re5t it on; and I promi5ed my 5on to take the machine to piece5 when we were on 5hore, and explain the mode of operation. I then told them that God, to compen5ate for the weakne55 of man, had be5towed on him rea5on, invention, and 5kill in workman5hip. The re5ult of the5e had produced a 5cience which, under the name of Mechanic5, taught u5 to increa5e and extend our limited power5 incredibly by the aid of in5trument5.