 I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and can express it by a number, you know something of your subject ; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory.  The Evolution of Forces - Page 21by Gustave Le Bon - 1908 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lucien Poincaré - 1907 - 376 pages
..." I often say," Lord Kelvin has said, " that if you can measure that of which you are speaking and express it by a number you know something of your subject; but if you cannot measure it nor express it by a number, your knowledge is of a sorry kind and hardly satisfactory. It may be the... | |
 | Joseph William Mellor - 1912 - 896 pages
...has been devised. § 5. The Measurement of the Affinity between the Acids and the Metals. I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and...measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory. — LORD KKLVIN. The relation between the velocity and the driving force of a moving body. — If a... | |
 | Alexander Findlay - 1916 - 294 pages
...the chlorine atom respectively. One of the greatest of scientists, Lord Kelvin, said: " I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and...it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory." And it is because Dalton's theory is a quantitative theory, or capable of quantitative expression,... | |
 | Joseph William Mellor - 1919 - 942 pages
...has been devised. 5 5. The Measurement of the Affinity between the Acids and the Metals. I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and can express it by a nunil«r, you know something of your subject ; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is meagre... | |
 | Robert Herman Bogue - 1922 - 670 pages
...chlorine method 7 1, 7 25, 7 4 7 3 2830 7 7, 7.7 CHAPTER X THE EVALUATION OF GLUE AND GELATIN I often say that if you can measure that of which you speak, and...measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory. Lord Kelvin (1880) The day is not far distant when glue and gelatin will be purchased on specification,... | |
 | Albert Flandreau Dean - 1925 - 332 pages
...measuring, and a faithful observer of nature is always occupied in measurement." Lord Kelvin says: "If you can measure that of which you speak and can express it by a number, you know some[ 13 ] thing of your subject, but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory."... | |
 | William Mansfield Clark - 1928 - 760 pages
...encountered among the triphenylmethane dyes. CHAPTER VI APPROXIMATE DETERMINATIONS WITH INDICATORS // you can measure that of which you speak, and can express...measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory. — LORD KELVIN. The distinctive advantages of the indicator method are the ease and the rapidity with... | |
 | William Mansfield Clark - 1928 - 758 pages
...encountered among the triphenylmethane dyes. CHAPTER VI APPROXIMATE DETERMINATIONS WITH INDICATORS 7/ you can measure that of which you speak, and can express...you cannot measure it, your knowledge is meagre and unsatisfactory.—LORD KELVIN. The distinctive advantages of the indicator method are the ease and... | |
 | National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board - 1972 - 988 pages
...SOIL LOSSES In the 19th century, the noted British scientist, Lord Kelvin, made the statement (3): "If you can measure that of which you speak, and can express it by number, you know something of your subject; but if you cannot. . ., your knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory."... | |
 | Iowa Academy of Science - 1908 - 212 pages
...comprehensible measurable law for as he said, "if you can measure that of which you are speaking and express it by a number, you know something of your subject, but if you cannot measure it by a number your knowledge is of a sorry kind and hardly satisfactory." He had little concern for merely... | |
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