The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination ; that in the most successful instances... Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics - Page 480by Michael Faraday - 1859 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1917 - 694 pages
...a generation ago by Faraday : " The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific Investigator...and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse «lamination; that in the most successful instances not a tenth of the suggestions, the hopes, the... | |
| Azariah Thomas Lincoln - 1918 - 568 pages
...The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of an investigator have been crushed in silence and secrecy...own severe criticism and adverse examination ; that is, in the most successful instances not a tenth of the suggestions, the hopes, the wishes, and the... | |
| Edgar James Swift - 1919 - 408 pages
...knows," continues Faraday, elsewhere, in the same vein, "how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator...preliminary conclusions, have been realized." And it is the same with those working in the more practical field of invention. Edison, for example, once... | |
| Daniel Starch - 1919 - 504 pages
...of discovery." And Faraday said: "The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator...wishes, the preliminary conclusions have been realized." (Quoted from Lindley.) Edison has described the invention of the electric lamp as follows: "During... | |
| Ray Palmer Baker - 1919 - 204 pages
...well-known passage Faraday says: "The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator...wishes, the preliminary conclusions have been realized." But a hypothesis to be useful, to be admitted as a candidate for rank as a scientific theory, must... | |
| Enoch Burton Gowin - 1919 - 518 pages
...famous scientist Michael Faraday : "The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator,...wishes, the preliminary conclusions have been realized." CHAPTER XIII TESTS OF REASONING W e must not then add wings but rather lead and ballast to the understanding,... | |
| Joseph William Mellor - 1919 - 942 pages
...which have passed through the mind of an investigator have been crushed in silence and secrecy by hie own severe criticism and adverse examination ; that...a tenth of the suggestions, the hopes, the wishes, and the preliminary conclusions have been realized." An hypothesis contains a speculative term, an... | |
| Jesse Harliaman Coursault - 1920 - 524 pages
...does Faraday refer when he says, "The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator have been crushed in stillness and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination ; that in the most successful... | |
| John Michels - 1923 - 762 pages
...chemistry or physics has known : The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories that have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator have been crushed into silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination, that in the most successful... | |
| Conrad Richter - 1925 - 232 pages
............................... 213 "The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator...the wishes, the preliminary conclusions have been reached." MICHAEL FARADAY. AN ANT WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ITSELF What we humans know about ourselves may... | |
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