Word: kelven
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...names Volt, Ampere, Ohm, Faraday, Henry, Gauss, Coulomb, Joule are household gods, and they remind us that we have the same interest and worship at the altar of the same patron saints--Kelven, Helmholtz, Maxwell. Heitz, Sumens, Cramme, Paccenotte. We have the same household gods and the same patron saints. We are all one. So each one of these meetings looks more and more like a family gathering. I wish that the American Congress were here and the American Senate to watch our proceedings and learn that the scientist and the engineer have discovered the great secret--greater than anything...
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