Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
William Robert Grove
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)