Thomas Preston (scientist) Quotes

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In the struggle for place it is not surprising that the nobler aspect of science, as an instrument of education and culture, should be lost sight of in the popular desire for a mere acquaintance with the facts demanded by the exigencies of the moment.

Thomas Preston

The inquiring mind cannot rest satisfied with the mere observation of the facts of nature, but is irresistibly led to investigate their origin and cause.

Thomas Preston

Without a theory all our knowledge of nature would be reduced to a mere inventory of the results of observation. Every scientific theory must be regarded as an effort of the human mind to grasp the truth, and as long as it is consistent with the facts, it forms a chain by which they are linked together and woven into harmony.

Thomas Preston

There is, perhaps, no scientific inquiry more full of human interest, than the study of the nature of heat, and the manner in which matter in general is affected by it. No branch of physical science is so intimately connected with the everyday occupations of life, and, consequently, none of them interests mankind more closely.

Thomas Preston

Thomas Preston

Thomas Preston

Born: 1860

Died: 1900 (aged 40)

Bio: Thomas Preston (1860 in Kilmore, County Armagh 1900 was an Irish scientist whose research was concerned with heat, magnetism, and spectroscopy. He established empirical rules for the analysis of spectral lines, which remain associated with his name.

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