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When natural phenomena are for the first time observed, a tendency immediately develops itself to refer them to something previously known - to bring them within the range of acknowledged sequences.

William Robert Grove

For my part I must say that science to me generally ceases to be interesting as it becomes useful.

William Robert Grove

The value which every scientific theory possesses is measured by the number and importance of the objects which can be explained by it, as well as by the simplicity and universality of the causes which are employed in it as grounds of explanation.

William Robert Grove

Causation is the will, Creation the act, of God.

William Robert Grove

The relic is to the past as is the germ to the future.

William Robert Grove

William Robert Grove

William Robert Grove

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Born: July 11, 1811

Died: August 1, 1896 (aged 85)

Bio: Sir William Robert Grove, PC, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell.

Known for:

The Correlation of Physical Forces (1850)

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