When a student is told, as an explanation of the word "mass," that it means "quantity of matter," there is an appeal made from the obscure to the more obscure. It is a case of huggermugger.


The Scientific Writings of the Late George Francis Fitzgerald, Dynamical Units (p. 452), Hodges, Figgis & Co. Dublin, Ireland. 1902

George Francis FitzGerald Quotes

When a student is told, as an explanation of the word mass, that it means quantity of matter, there is an appeal made from the obscure to the more...

When a student is told, as an explanation of the word mass, that it means quantity of matter, there is an appeal made from the obscure to the more...

When a student is told, as an explanation of the word mass, that it means quantity of matter, there is an appeal made from the obscure to the more...

When a student is told, as an explanation of the word mass, that it means quantity of matter, there is an appeal made from the obscure to the more...