The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his own national units, would obtain a true result.


Encyclopedia Brittanica article, quoted by Patricia Fara in Science A Four Thousand Year History (2009) citing Simon Schaffer article in The Values of Precision (1995) ed. M. Norton Wise

James Clerk Maxwell Quotes

The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his...

The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his...

The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his...

The equations at which we arrive must be such that a person of any nation, by substituting the numerical values of the quantities as measured by his...