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From: dkaulf@hpqt0147.sqf.hp.com (Dick Kaulfuss)
Subject: Re: quotation and its reference
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James D. Dolan (jimd@teal.csn.org) wrote:
: >From: BAKERG@par18.aph.gov.au
: >Subject: quotation and its reference
: >
: >I have read somewhere a quote that goes something like
: >"You can only know about something if you can measure it".
: >I would like to know what the quotation really is and who said it.
: >Any ideas?
: >Greg Baker

: Maybe you are thinking of this quote from J. C. Maxwell ( I think )

: "When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in
: numbers, you know something about it. But when you cannot measure it or
: express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory
: kind."

: I copied this on a 3" X 5" card many years back and neglected to identify
: the source but I'm fairly sure that Maxwell is correct.

   Or maybe Lord Kelvin?

   Dick

