If You Cannot Measure It, Then It

There Cannot Be A Greater Mistake Than That Of Looking Superciliously Upon Practical Applications Of Science. The Life And Soul Of Science Is Its Practical Application.

I Have Not Had A Moment's Peace Or Happiness In Respect To Electromagnetic Theory Since November 28, 1846. All This Time I Have Been Liable To Fits Of Ether Dipsomania, Kept Away At Intervals Only By Rigorous Abstention From Thought On The Subject.

At What Time Does The Dissipation Of Energy Begin?

I Have Not The Smallest Molecule Of Faith In Aerial Navigation Other Than Ballooning, Or Of The Expectation Of Good Results From Any Of The Trials We Heard Of. So You Will Understand That I Would Not Care To Be A Member Of The Aeronautical Society.

Nothing Can Be More Fatal To Progress Than A Too Confident Reliance On Mathematical Symbols; For The Student Is Only Too Apt To Take The Easier Course, And Consider The Formula Not The Fact As The Physical Reality.