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> [Sound is a movement which is handed on from atom to atom in a gas through which the sound is passing, just as a chain of workers pass buckets of water to a fire. The quicker the workers move their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/sound-is-a-movement-which-is-handed-on-from-atom-to-atom-in-a-gas/)

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## More by William Henry Bragg

> [When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/when-a-liquid-boils-the-temperature-has-been-raised-to-such-a-pitch/)

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> [Let us think of Nature as a builder, making all that we see out of atoms of a limited number of kinds, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/let-us-think-of-nature-as-a-builder-making-all-that-we-see-out-of/)

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> [The infinite variety in the properties of the solid materials we find in the world is really the expression of the infinite variety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-infinite-variety-in-the-properties-of-the-solid-materials-we-find/)

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> [The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-difference-between-a-gas-and-a-liquid-is-that-in-the-former-the/)

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> [Science is experimental, moving forward step-by-step, making trial and learning through success and failure. Is not this also the way of religion, and especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/science-is-experimental-moving-forward-step-by-step-making-trial-and/)

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> [The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-chemist-whose-science-is-immediately-concerned-with-the/)

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> [Sound is a movement which is handed on from atom to atom in a gas through which the sound is passing, just as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/sound-is-a-movement-which-is-handed-on-from-atom-to-atom-in-a-gas/)

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> [“Light brings us the news of the Universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/light-brings-us-the-news-of-the-universe/)

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> [After a year's research, one realizes that it could have been done in a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/after-a-year-s-research-one-realizes-that-it-could-have-been-done-in/)

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> [The atoms may be compared to the letters of the alphabet, which can be put together into innumerable ways to form words. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-atoms-may-be-compared-to-the-letters-of-the-alphabet-which-can-be/)

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> [Broadly speaking, the discovery of X-rays has increased the keenness of our vision ten thousand times, and we can now 'see' the individual atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/broadly-speaking-the-discovery-of-x-rays-has-increased-the-keenness/)

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> [In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/in-a-gas-motion-has-the-upper-hand-the-atoms-are-moving-so-fast-that/)

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> [Whenever we warm our hands by the fire, we allow the energy radiated by the fire to quicken up the movements of the atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/whenever-we-warm-our-hands-by-the-fire-we-allow-the-energy-radiated/)

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> [From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/from-religion-comes-a-man-s-purpose-from-science-his-power-to-achieve/)

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