William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin Quotes
Oersted Would Never Have Made His Great Discovery Of The Action Of Galvanic Currents On Magnets Had He Stopped In His Researches To Consider In What Manner They Could Possibly Be Turned To Practical Account; And So We Would Not Now Be Able To Boast Of The Wonders Done By The Electric Telegraphs. Indeed, No Great Law In Natural Philosophy Has Ever Been Discovered For Its Practical Implications, But The Instances Are Innumerable Of Investigations Apparently Quite Useless In This Narrow Sense Of The Word Which Have Led To The Most Valuable Results.
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