A symbol, however, should be something more than a convenient and compendious expression of facts. It is, in the strictest sense, an instrument for the discovery of facts, and is of value mainly with reference to this end, by its adaptation to which it is to be judged.


The Calculus of Chemical Observations, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 156, 1866 (p. 857)

Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie Quotes

A symbol, however, should be something more than a convenient and compendious expression of facts. It is, in the strictest sense, an instrument for...

A symbol, however, should be something more than a convenient and compendious expression of facts. It is, in the strictest sense, an instrument for...

A symbol, however, should be something more than a convenient and compendious expression of facts. It is, in the strictest sense, an instrument for...

A symbol, however, should be something more than a convenient and compendious expression of facts. It is, in the strictest sense, an instrument for...