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Thales and Themis

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Thales (Electricity) & Themis (Freedom or Justice) - The Progress of Railroading


The " Progress of Railroading " statues are seen at roof level, on the front of Union Station, comprised of six allegorical representations, depicted by Greek characters. They are, from left to right:

-Prometheus (fire)

-Thales (Electricity)

-Themis (Freedom or Justice)

-Apollo (Imagination or Inspiration)

-Ceres (Agriculture)

-Archimedes (Mechanics)

There are three inscriptions among the statues, the first one, located between Thales & Themis says:

THE GREATEST DISCOVERIES
ENABLING MAN TO LIVE IN VARIOUS CLIMATES
USE MANY FOODS AND COMPEL THE
FORCES OF NATURE TO DO HIS WORK

ELECTRICITY - CARRIER OF LIGHT AND POWER
DEVOURER OF TIME AND SPACE BEARER
OF HUMAN SPEECH OVER LAND AND SEA
GREATEST SERVANT OF MAN ITSELF UNKNOWN

THOU HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET


artists: Louis Saint-Gaudens, Daniel H Burnham

Located: Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington D.C
Image size
3143x1068px 943.75 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSC-WX9
Shutter Speed
1/160 second
Aperture
F/13.0
Focal Length
12 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Sep 2, 2011, 10:51:39 AM
© 2011 - 2024 44NATHAN
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Prometheus (fire)

-Thales (Electricity)-->The first of the seven sages of antiquity, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, meteorologist and pre-Socratic philosopher, founder of the Milesian school of natural philosophy.

-Themis (Freedom or Justice) -->It was the anthropomorphic personification of physical and moral order, and etiquette. The word is derived from the Themis tithimi verb and indicates what has been the current.

-Apollo (Imagination or Inspiration) OR Helios the "GOD OF LIGHT"

-Ceres (Agriculture) --> Demeter in Greek mythology, daughter of Saturn

-Archimedes (Mechanics) -->one of the greatest mathematicians, physicists and engineers of antiquity.

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