John Herschel Quotes

The End Of The Eighteenth And The Beginning Of The Nineteenth Century Were Remarkable For The Small Amount Of Scientific Movement Going On In This Country, Especially In Its More Exact Departments ... Mathematics Were At The Last Gasp, And Astronomy Nearly So-I Mean In Those Members Of Its Frame Which Depend Upon Precise Measurement And Systematic Calculation. The Chilling Torpor Of Routine Had Begun To Spread Itself Over All Those Branches Of Science Which Wanted The Excitement Of Experimental Research.

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