Home / Authors / Benjamin Thompson

Benjamin Thompson Quotes

Physicist

Benjamin Thompson, born on March 26, 1753, and died on August 21, 1814, was a renowned physicist of the 18th century. He was also an accomplished experimental scientist and inventor.

Filter quotes by topic

All Effects Believe Causes Character Cleanliness Courses Determine Discovery Distance Employment

Famous Benjamin Thompson Quotes

“Discoveries are always accidental; and the great use of science is by investigating the nature of the effects produced by any process or contrivance, and of the causes by which they are brought about, to explain the operation and determine the precise value of every new invention. This fixes as it were the latitude and longitude of each discovery, and enables us to place it in that part of the map of human knowledge which it ought to occupy. It likewise enables us to use it in taking bearings and distances, and in shaping our course when we go in search of new discoveries.”

“So great is the effect of cleanliness upon man, that it extends even to his moral character. Virtue never dwelt long with filth; nor do I believe there ever was a person scrupulously: attentive to cleanliness, who was a consummate villain.”

Men Believe Persons Long Character I Believe Moral Virtue Effects Villain Cleanliness Filth Moral Character

Book:Essays, political, economical and philosophical

Source: Essays, political, economical and philosophical

“To engage in experiments on heat was always one of my most agreeable employments.”

Science Experiments Employment Heat

Author:Benjamin Thompson

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1753
Died: August 21, 1814
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 3

Books & Sources

Essays, political, economical and philosophicalRelated source material

Similar Authors

Walther NernstBrowse related quotes
C. Delores TuckerBrowse related quotes
Claude BernardBrowse related quotes
J. L. LangleyBrowse related quotes
Reginald FessendenBrowse related quotes
Francis BaconBrowse related quotes
William Ian Beardmore BeveridgeBrowse related quotes
Joseph HenryBrowse related quotes
Isaac NewtonBrowse related quotes
James Clerk MaxwellBrowse related quotes