"What appeared to the earlier physicists to be……" — Hermann von Helmholtz
"What appeared to the earlier physicists to be the constant quantity of heat is nothing more than the whole motive power of the motion of heat, which remains constant so long as it is not transformed into other forms of work, or results afresh from them."
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Hermann von Helmholtz
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27 Quotes by Hermann von Helmholtz
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The total quantity of all the forces capable of work in the whole universe remains eternal and unchanged throughout all…
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A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion.
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Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly…
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Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in…
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Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in…
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The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.
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I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The…
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