George Johnstone Stoney Quote

When interpreting nature's work, we are obliged frequently to speak of high numbers and small fractions.


Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1899, Survey of That Part of the Range of Nature's Operations Which Man Is, Competent to Study (p. 207)


When interpreting nature's work, we are obliged frequently to speak of high numbers and small fractions.

When interpreting nature's work, we are obliged frequently to speak of high numbers and small fractions.

When interpreting nature's work, we are obliged frequently to speak of high numbers and small fractions.

When interpreting nature's work, we are obliged frequently to speak of high numbers and small fractions.