All Simon Newcomb Quotes
- As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions… Added
- We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. All
- One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and simple… Accident
- My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. Dad
- In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a… D S
- As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some… Account
- Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… Able
- Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. Able
- In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America. America
- My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. Country
- Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. Almost Pure
- All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint. All
- The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty… Beginning
- The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked… Common
- The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction… Among
- If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go… All
- I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear… Answering
- The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the… Any
- I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way… Account
- My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology. Economics