Hеrmаnn Ludwig Fеrdinаnd von Hеlmhоltz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a Gеrmаn рhуѕiсiаn аnd рhуѕiсiѕt.
Hе mаdе significant contributions in several scientifi...
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.
Only give a negative result showing an incompleteness in our knowledge of such a law, till then held to be perfect. Hermann von Helmholtz
Only give a negative result showing an incompleteness in our knowledge of such a law, till then held to be perfect.
There is a kind, I might almost say, of artistic satisfaction, when we are able to survey the enormous wealth of Nature as a regularly ordered whole a kosmos, an image of the logical thought of our own mind. Hermann von Helmholtz
There is a kind, I might almost say, of artistic satisfaction, when we are able to survey the enormous wealth of Nature as a regularly ordered whole a kosmos, an image of the logical thought of our own mind.
All change in nature amounts to this, that force can change its form and locality, without its quantity being changed. Hermann von Helmholtz
All change in nature amounts to this, that force can change its form and locality, without its quantity being changed.
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization. Hermann von Helmholtz
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization.
Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in conformity with law, as is the object of philosophical, philological, historical, moral, and social sciences to establish. Hermann von Helmholtz
Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in conformity with law, as is the object of philosophical, philological, historical, moral, and social sciences to establish.
The most startling result of Faraday's Law is perhaps this. If we accept the hypothesis that the elementary substances are composed of atoms, we cannot avoid concluding that electricity also, positive as well as negative. Hermann von Helmholtz
The most startling result of Faraday's Law is perhaps this. If we accept the hypothesis that the elementary substances are composed of atoms, we cannot avoid concluding that electricity also, positive as well as negative.
