Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Born: August 22, 1834
Died: February 27, 1906 (aged 71)
Bio: Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation.
Known for:
- The new astronomy (1884)
- Experiments in Aerodynamics (1891)
- The Internal Work of the Wind (1893)