Hеrmаnn Ludwig Fеrdinаnd von Hеlmhоltz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a Gеrmаn рhуѕiсiаn аnd рhуѕiсiѕt.
Hе mаdе significant contributions in several scientifi...
A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep as it can fall, its gravity remains as before, but it can no longer do work. Hermann von Helmholtz
A raised weight can produce work, but in doing so it must necessarily sink from its height, and, when it has fallen as deep as it can fall, its gravity remains as before, but it can no longer do work.
At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose. Hermann von Helmholtz
At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose.
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts. Hermann von Helmholtz
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts.
Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications. Hermann von Helmholtz
Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications.
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion. Hermann von Helmholtz
A metaphysical conclusion is either a false conclusion or a concealed experimental conclusion.
I then endeavoured to show that it is more especially in the thorough conformity with law which natural phenomena and natural products exhibit, and in the comparative ease with which laws can be stated, that this difference exists. Hermann von Helmholtz
I then endeavoured to show that it is more especially in the thorough conformity with law which natural phenomena and natural products exhibit, and in the comparative ease with which laws can be stated, that this difference exists.
The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas. Hermann von Helmholtz
The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.
Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. Hermann von Helmholtz
Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain.
They only become valuable in a theoretical or practical point of view when they make us acquainted with the law of a series of uniformly recurring phenomena, or, it may be. Hermann von Helmholtz
They only become valuable in a theoretical or practical point of view when they make us acquainted with the law of a series of uniformly recurring phenomena, or, it may be.
The total quantity of all the forces capable of work in the whole universe remains eternal and unchanged throughout all their changes. Hermann von Helmholtz
The total quantity of all the forces capable of work in the whole universe remains eternal and unchanged throughout all their changes.
Isolated facts and experiments have in themselves no value, however great their number may be. Hermann von Helmholtz
Isolated facts and experiments have in themselves no value, however great their number may be.
Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer Hermann von Helmholtz
Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer
