Francis William Aston Quotes

It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.
Francis William Aston

The cosmical importance of this conclusion is profound and the possibilities it opens for the future very remarkable, greater in fact than any suggested before by science in the whole history of the human race.
Francis William Aston

The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star.
Francis William Aston

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Francis William Aston Quotes

Type: Scientist Quotes Category: British Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: September 1, 1877 Date of Death: November 20, 1945 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Francis William Aston Related Authors: Paul Nurse Mary Douglas Gregory Bateson Louis Leakey Peter D. Mitchell Alfred Russel Wallace Thomas Browne Arthur Eddington John B. S. Haldane	It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it. Francis William Aston The cosmical importance of this conclusion is profound and the possibilities it opens for the future very remarkable, greater in fact than any suggested before by science in the whole history of the human race. Francis William Aston The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star. Francis William Aston