I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would be consistent with the images on the other plates. That was the final proof. Clyde Tombaugh checkconsistentdate share on social
I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. Clyde Tombaugh animalcutingenious share on social
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. Clyde Tombaugh handleinstrumentkind Change image and share on social
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation. Clyde Tombaugh artfacelot Change image and share on social
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery. Clyde Tombaugh engineengineerfather Change image and share on social
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Clyde Tombaugh bindcountrygrade Change image and share on social
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. Clyde Tombaugh colorflowergreat share on social
To me, the noise of a threshing machine is better music than a lot of music I hear nowadays. I took a man's place in the threshing crew when I was only 14 years old. Clyde Tombaugh crowhearlot Change image and share on social
I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I learned how to use telescopes and find things in the sky. Clyde Tombaugh desirefindintense Change image and share on social
I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious what kind of beings they would look like. Clyde Tombaugh beingcurioushold Change image and share on social
