Hеrmаnn Ludwig Fеrdinаnd von Hеlmhоltz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a Gеrmаn рhуѕiсiаn аnd рhуѕiсiѕt.
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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.
What we see is the solution to a computational problem, our brains compute the most likely causes from the photon absorptions within our eyes. Hermann von Helmholtz
What we see is the solution to a computational problem, our brains compute the most likely causes from the photon absorptions within our eyes.
Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the action of velocity. The sails are driven by air in motion - by wind. Hermann von Helmholtz
Windmills, which are used in the great plains of Holland and North Germany to supply the want of falling water, afford another instance of the action of velocity. The sails are driven by air in motion - by wind.
Reason we call that faculty innate in us of discovering laws and applying them with thought. Hermann von Helmholtz
Reason we call that faculty innate in us of discovering laws and applying them with thought.
The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given by the natural structure or by the natural behaviour of our hearing, as used to be generally maintained hitherto. Hermann von Helmholtz
The formation of scales and of the web of harmony is a product of artistic invention, and is in no way given by the natural structure or by the natural behaviour of our hearing, as used to be generally maintained hitherto.
Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists. Hermann von Helmholtz
Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists.
I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The atoms cling to their electric charges, and opposite electric charges cling to each other. Hermann von Helmholtz
I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The atoms cling to their electric charges, and opposite electric charges cling to each other.
The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to discover the new truth. Hermann von Helmholtz
The originator of a new concept...finds, as a rule, that it is much more difficult to find out why other people do not understand him, than it was to discover the new truth.
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
The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished. Hermann von Helmholtz
The quantity of force which can be brought into action in the whole of Nature is unchangeable, and can neither be increased nor diminished.
Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensations. Hermann von Helmholtz
Black is real sensation, even if it is produced by entire absence of light. The sensation of black is distinctly different from the lack of all sensations.
The universe possesses, once for all, a store of force which is not altered by any change of phenomena, can neither be increased nor diminished, and which maintains any change which takes place on it. Hermann von Helmholtz
The universe possesses, once for all, a store of force which is not altered by any change of phenomena, can neither be increased nor diminished, and which maintains any change which takes place on it.
