"Professor Cranleigh was telling us last night about some of the wonderful discoveries which have been made recently."
This sense of wonderful discovery continues with the service.
He sprang it as though he'd made a wonderful discovery.
Science gives us many wonderful discoveries - machines, computers, weapons - but how do we use these things?
He had confirmed what he expected, and in the process made a wonderful discovery.
He said, as though making a wonderful discovery, "Why, you're an expert in this!"
An old castle stood on the island and in the dungeons the children had made all kinds of wonderful discoveries.
"The X-ray laser is a fundamental, new and wonderful discovery with possible applications in defense."
It's a good, important drawing, which any museum would be happy to have, a wonderful discovery, a great thing.
For anyone who responds to that, this is a wonderful discovery.