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Vol. 13 SEPTEMBER 1911 Cha 6

I-Copyright 1911 ka-HW PERCIVAL

INDIZA

ISayensi yesimanje isiye yavuma ukuthi i-Flying ingene emndenini wayo wezesayensi ehloniphekile, ngaphansi kwegama elithi pneumatics, aerostatics, aeronautics noma ngezindiza. I-mechanics ye-Flying ingacwaningwa futhi iqhutshwe yinoma yimuphi umuntu ofanelekayo ngaphandle kokulahleka kokuma kwakhe kwesayensi.

Emakhulwini eminyaka kuye kwaba khona amadoda afanelekayo futhi afanelekayo, kanye nabakhohlisi nabadlali abathandekayo phakathi kwabamangali ukuba bafunde ulwazi lwesayensi yezindiza. Kuze kube sesikhathini samanje isayensi ye-orthodox iye yalwela futhi ibambe insimu ngokumelene nabo bonke abafunayo. Sekuyisikhathi eside nokulwa kanzima. Umuntu ofanelekile ubekwe ukulahlwa okufanayo noma ukuhlekwa usulu njengelungu le-charlatan ne-fanatic. Umshayeli wezindiza manje ohamba ngesivinini emoyeni noma evuka futhi ewa, oshayayo noma eqaqa noma ehamba ngezibalo ezimnandi ngaphambi kokubheka izibukeli, uyakwazi ukwenza lokhu ngenxa yendoda ende, efika kusukela emakhulwini eminyaka adlule kuze kube manje, owenza impumelelo yakhe inokwenzeka kuye. Babhekana nokuhlekwa usulu okukhulu futhi bahlaselwa ngokukhululekile; uyothola umvuzo omkhulu futhi uthola izindumiso zokubonga izixuku.

Isayensi yezindiza ayingamukeli futhi ayivunyelwe kalula kumbuthano wezesayensi ezaziwa futhi abavoti bayo banikezwa isihloko sayo sokuhlonipha isayensi. Amadoda wezesayensi ezivunyiwe avuma isayensi yokuhamba ngenombolo yabo ngoba kwakudingeka. Ukuhamba ngezindiza kwafakazelwa futhi kwaboniswa izinzwa njengamaqiniso, futhi kwakungenakuphikiswa. Ngakho yamukelwa.

Yonke imibono kufanele ihanjiswe ekuvivinyweni futhi iqinisekiswe ngaphambi kokuthi yamukelwe njengeqiniso. Lokho okuyiqiniso nokuhle kakhulu kuzoqhubeka nokunqoba konke ukuphikiswa ngesikhathi. Kodwa ukuphikisana okuboniswa izinto eziningi ngaphandle kwalokho okwenzeka ngaleso sikhathi emkhawulweni wesayensi evinjiwe, kuye kwavimbela izingqondo eziqeqeshwe kumcabango wesayensi ekuthatheni iziphakamiso nasekufezeni ukuphelela imibono ethile ezobe isebenza kakhulu kumuntu.

Isimo sengqondo sesayensi egunyaziwe—sokugxeka ezifundweni ezingaphandle kodwa singamukelwa—siwukuhlola ukwanda namandla okukhwabanisa nabashiseka ngokweqile, abamila njengokhula endaweni eshisayo yempucuko. Ukube bekungengenxa yalesi simo sengqondo sesayensi, ukukhwabanisa, abashisekeli kanye nezinambuzane eziyingozi, njengokhula oluyingozi, bekuyokhula futhi kusibekele, kuminyene noma kuklinywe izingqondo zabantu, bekuyoshintsha insimu yempucuko ibe yihlathi lokungabaza nokwesaba futhi bekuyophoqa. ingqondo yokubuyela ekungaqiniseni okuyizinkolelo-ze isintu esaholwa kukho isayensi.

Uma sicabanga ngokungazi okukhona kuzo zonke izingqondo ezihlukahlukene, kungase kube, mhlawumbe, okungcono kakhulu ukuthi isayensi yesayensi kufanele ihlukumezeke ngokwesayensi futhi inqabe izihloko noma izinto ezingekho kwemingcele yayo evinjelwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, lesi simo sengqondo esingavumelani nesayensi sivimbela ukukhula kwesayensi yanamuhla, ukuhlehliswa kwezinto eziwusizo okubalulekile okuzokwenziwa emasimini amasha, kuthwala ingqondo ngokubandlulula okungokwenkolo futhi kubambezela ingqondo ekutholeni indlela yokucabanga ngokukhululeka.

Kungakapheli nje amaphephandaba agcizelela imibono yesayensi ehlekisayo noma elahla labo abazokwakha imishini ehamba ngezindiza. Batshela ukuthi kuzoba amaflaya okuba abaphuzi abangenalutho noma abangenasidingo. Babambe imizamo ye-flyers ayengakaze ibe nhlobo, nokuthi amandla namandla nesikhathi esasichithwa kule mizamo engenamsebenzi kufanele iphenduke ezinye iziteshi ukuze uthole imiphumela emihle. Baphindaphinda izingxabano zeziphathimandla ukufakazela ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukuhamba ngezinyawo ngomuntu.

Indiza noma indiza manje isayensi. Iqashwe ohulumeni. Kuyinto yokunethezeka yakamuva etholakala ngabadlali bezemidlalo. Kuyisihloko sokuthandwa kwezebhizinisi kanye nomphakathi. Imiphumela yentuthuko yayo ikhonjwe ngokucophelela futhi ikusasa layo likulindeleke ngokulangazela.

Namuhla wonke amaphephandaba anento ethize ngokudumisa "izinyoni," "izinyoni," "ama-aviators" nemishini yabo. Eqinisweni, izindaba mayelana ne-pneumatics, aerostatics, aeronautics, ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ukuhamba ngezinyawo kungukukhanga okukhulu nakamuva okushiwo amaphephandaba ezweni elithobekile.

Laba ababumba imibono yomphakathi baphoqwa amaqiniso nemibono yomphakathi ukuthi baguqule imibono yabo. Bafisa ukunikeza umphakathi lokho okufiswa ingqondo yomphakathi. Kuhle ukukhohlwa imininingwane kanye nezinguquko zemibono ekuhambeni kwesikhathi. Nokho, lokho umuntu okufanele azame ukuphila kukho nalokho okufanele akukhumbule ukuthi ubandlululo nokungazi ngeke kuhlole ukukhula nokukhula komqondo noma kumise amandla ayo okukhuluma. Umuntu angazizwa eqinile emcabangweni wokuthi amandla akhe namathuba azovezwa kangcono uma esebenza ngenkuthalo emcabangweni nasezenzweni kulokho acabanga ukuthi kungenzeka futhi okungcono kakhulu. Ukuphikiswa okunikezwa ubandlululo nombono womphakathi kungakhinyabeza intuthuko yakhe okwesikhashana. Ukucwasa kanye nemibono nje kuzonqotshwa futhi kushanelwe njengoba amathuba ebonakala. Okwamanje, konke ukuphikiswa kunikeza ithuba lokuthuthukisa amandla futhi kuyadingeka ekukhuleni.

Ezikhathini zokujabula, zomcabango ojulile, wenjabulo, umuntu, ingqondo, uyazi ukuthi angandiza. Ngesikhathi sokuthokoza, lapho kuzwa izindaba ezinhle, lapho umoya ugeleza ngendlela enesigqi futhi ukushaya kwenhliziyo kuphezulu, uzwa sengathi angakhuphukela phezulu futhi andele aqhubekele phambili ezikhaleni zokukhanya okwesibhakabhaka okungaziwa. Bese ebheka umzimba wakhe osindayo futhi ahlale emhlabeni.

I-worm crawls, ingulube ihamba, inhlanzi ibhukuda futhi inyoni iqhuma. Ngaso sonke isikhathi ngemva kokuzalwa kwayo. Kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi sokuzalwa umuntu-isilwane asikwazi ukundiza, noma ukubhukuda, noma ukuhamba noma ukuhamba. Okungokwengeziwe angakwenza ukugxila nokukhahlela nokukhala. Ezinyangeni eziningi emva kokuzalwa ufunda ukukhasa; ngakho-ke ngomzamo omkhulu uyaphamba ngezandla namadolo. Kamuva nangemva kwamabhomu amaningi nokuwa angakwazi ukuma. Ekugcineni, ngesibonelo sabazali nangesiqondiso esikhulu, uhamba. Iminyaka ingadlula ngaphambi kokuba ifunde ukugebha, kanti abanye bangalokothi bafunde.

Manje lowo muntu uzuze isimangaliso sokuhamba indiza, kubonakala sengathi lapho eqhuba indiza yendiza ngenhloso yokwenza izinto, uzobe esefinyelele emkhawulweni wamathuba akhe emisebenzini yokuhamba ngezindiza. Lokhu akunjalo. Kufanele futhi enze okuningi. Ngaphandle kwanoma yimuphi umshini wokusebenza, ongaxhasiwe futhi wedwa, emzimbeni wakhe womzimba wamahhala, umuntu uzohamba emoyeni ngentando. Uzokwazi ukuphakama njengoba ikhono lakhe lokuphefumula lizovumela, futhi aqondise futhi aqondise indiza yakhe kalula njengenyoni. Ngokushesha lokhu kuzokwenziwa kuzoxhomeka emcabangweni nasemzamweni womuntu. Kungenzeka ukuthi kuzokwenziwa abaningi balabo abaphila manje. Esikhathini esizayo bonke abantu bazokwazi ukuthola ubuciko bezindiza.

Ngokungafani nezilwane, umuntu ufunda ukusetshenziswa komzimba wakhe nezinzwa ngokufundiswa. Isintu kufanele sibe nesifundo noma isibonelo, ngaphambi kokuba samukele futhi sizame lokho okusemandleni abo. Ukubhukuda nokuhamba ngezinyawo, amadoda ayenayo izinhlanzi nezinyoni njengezinto ezifundwayo. Esikhundleni sokuzama ukuthola amandla noma amandla asetshenziswa yizinyoni ekubalekeni kwawo, futhi nokufunda ubuciko bokuqasha, amadoda aye azama njalo ukusungula imishini ethile yokusebenza nokusebenzisa lokho ukugijima. Amadoda athole indlela yokusebenza yendiza, ngoba bayicabanga futhi bayisebenzela.

Ngesikhathi umuntu ebuka izinyoni ezindizeni zabo, wacabanga ngabo futhi wayefuna ukuhamba, kodwa akazange aqiniseke. Manje unethemba ngoba uhamba. Nakuba esebenzisa indlela yenyoni, akayiboni njengenyoni, futhi akayisebenzisi amandla lapho inyoni isebenzisa khona.

Ukuqondakala kwesisindo semithwalo yabo nokungazi isimo somcabango noma ukuhlobana kwawo nezinzwa zabo, amadoda ayomangala lapho ecabanga ukuhamba kwabo emoyeni emzimbeni wabo wenyama kuphela. Khona-ke bayokungabaza. Kungenzeka ukuthi bazokwengeza ukuhleka usulu ekungabazeni, futhi babonise ngokuphikisana nokuzwa ukuthi ukuhamba kwezindiza okungavunyelwe kungenakwenzeka. Kodwa ngelinye ilanga umuntu oyedwa uqinisile futhi ufaneleke kakhulu kunabo bonke abanye abazohamba, ngaphandle kwezinye izindlela ezingokwenyama kunomzimba wakhe. Khona-ke amanye amadoda azobona futhi akholelwe; futhi, lapho bebona futhi bekholwa, izinzwa zabo zizoshintshwa emcabangweni wabo futhi nazo, zizohamba. Khona-ke amadoda angeke asakwazi ukungabaza, futhi ukungahambi komuntu okungavunyelwe kuyoba yinto eqinisiwe, njengendawo evamile njengamabonakude empi emangalisayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-gravitation nokukhanya. Kuhle ukungabaza, kodwa hhayi ukungabaza okuningi.

Isizathu sokuhamba kwezinyoni zonke akusiyo ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwamaphiko abo. Amandla okubamba izindiza ezindiza amandla asebenzayo, okubenza bakwazi ukwenza izindiza zabo ezinde, futhi bangakwazi ukuhamba emoyeni ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kwamaphiko abo. Izinyoni zisebenzisa amaphiko azo ukuze zilinganise imizimba yazo, nomsila njengendlela yokuhamba ukuqondisa indiza. Amaphiko asetshenziselwa ukuqala indiza noma ukugqugquzela amandla.

Amandla inyoni esebenzisa ukuqhuma ikhona nomuntu njengenyoni. Kodwa-ke, umuntu akakwazi, noma uma eyazi amandla, akazi ukuthi usetshenziswa kanjani.

Inyoni iqala ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ngokusula imilenze yayo, nangokusakaza amaphiko ayo. Ngokuhamba komphefumulo wayo, imilenze nemaphiko, inyoni ikhuthaza umzimba wayo, ukuze ingene esimweni esithile. Uma kunjalo kuleso simo kudala amandla okubamba indiza ukuze enze inhlangano yakhe yezinzwa, ngokufanayo njengamanje kagesi kuhanjiswa eceleni kwesistimu yezingcingo ngokuguqula ikhibhodi ku-switchboard yesistimu. Uma isisusa sendiza sisuka, sithinta isidumbu senyoni. Isiqondiso sezindiza siqondiswa isikhundla samaphiko nomsila. Ijubane layo lilawulwa yinkinga yesibindi kanye neyomsindo nokuhamba komoya.

Lezi zinyoni aziboni ngokusetshenziswa kwamaphiko azo kuphela kuboniswa umehluko ophikweni lwephiko uma kuqhathaniswa nesisindo semzimba yazo. Iqiniso elifanele ukuphawula, ukuthi kukhona ukwehla okulinganayo endaweni ephiko noma iphiko lenyoni uma kuqhathaniswa nokwanda kwesisindo sayo. Izinyoni ezinamaphiko amakhulu kanye nezidumbu ezikhanyayo azikwazi ukuhamba ngokushesha noma nje izinyoni ezinamaphiko ezincane uma kuqhathaniswa nesisindo saso. Inamandla futhi inzima kakhulu le nyoni kancane kuncike ekuphepheni kwayo kwephiko.

Ezinye izinyoni zilula kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nokusabalala kwamaphiko abo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi badinga indawo yephiko lendiza. Kungenxa yokuthi indawo enkulu ephiko iwavumela ukuba bavuke ngokuzumayo futhi baphule amandla okuwa kwabo okungazelelwe. Izinyoni zezindiza ezindala futhi ezisheshayo futhi imikhuba yazo engazidingi ukuba zikhuphuke futhi ziwa ngokuzumayo azidingi futhi ngokuvamile azikho indawo enkulu yephiko.

Olunye ubufakazi bokuthi imbangela yezinyoni ezihamba ngezinyawo akubangelwa ukuphakama kwamaphiko, nokuthi lapho kunesidingo, le nyoni iyakwandisa ijubane layo ngokunyuka kancane kwamaphiko ayo noma ngaphandle kokwanda we-wing movement noma yini. Uma kwakuxhomeke ekuhambeni kwephiko ukugijima ukwanda kwejubane kuzoxhomeke ekunyakeni kwephiko okwandayo. Iqiniso lokuthi isivinini salo singakhuphuka kakhulu ngaphandle kokunyuka okulinganayo kokunyakaza kwephiko kuwubufakazi bokuthi lokho okuhambayo kubangelwa enye amandla kunokunyakaza kwemisipha yamaphiko ayo. Lokhu okunye imbangela yendiza yayo kuyisisusa sendiza.

(Izophetha)