Kelvin (Lord) -- “Electrical Units of Measurement,” lecture (3 May 1883)

Dave — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:55:38 +0000

I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) Scottish physicist
“Electrical Units of Measurement,” lecture (3 May 1883)

Kelvin (Lord) -- Lord Kelvin’s Replies to Addresses given on the Celebration of the Jubilee of his Professorship (15-17 Jun 1896)

Dave — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:48:23 +0000

To live among friends is the primary essential of happiness.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) Scottish physicist
Lord Kelvin’s Replies to Addresses given on the Celebration of the Jubilee of his Professorship (15-17 Jun 1896)
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Quoted in G. Fitzgerald, Lord Kelvin, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow 1846-1899 (1899)

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Kelvin (Lord) -- “Electrical Units of Measurement,” lecture (3 May 1883)

Kelvin (Lord) -- Lord Kelvin’s Replies to Addresses given on the Celebration of the Jubilee of his Professorship (15-17 Jun 1896)