If we ransack old books of science we often come across passages of long-forgotten writings, in which, when they are properly construed, when new meanings are given to old words and obscure expressions are freely translated, we may trace a faint prophetic glimmering of a modern theory.


The Influence of Mathematics on the Progress of Physics, van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine, Volume XXVI, Number CLX

Arthur Schuster Quotes

If we ransack old books of science we often come across passages of long-forgotten writings, in which, when they are properly construed, when new...

If we ransack old books of science we often come across passages of long-forgotten writings, in which, when they are properly construed, when new...

If we ransack old books of science we often come across passages of long-forgotten writings, in which, when they are properly construed, when new...

If we ransack old books of science we often come across passages of long-forgotten writings, in which, when they are properly construed, when new...