“ So many of the properties of matter, especially when in the gaseous form, can be deduced from the hypothesis that their minute parts are in rapid motion, the velocity increasing with the temperature,… James Clerk Maxwell
“ In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other. John Tyndall
“ In the vestibule of the Manchester Town Hall are placed two life-sized marble statues facing each other. One of these is that of John Dalton ... the other that of James Prescott Joule. ... Thus the ho… Henry Enfield Roscoe