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Quotes from Energy and Force — William Kingdon Clifford

1845–1879 England

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Energy is a quantity which can be greater or less but has no direction.

Energy and Force (1873)

No mathematician can give any meaning to language about matter, force, inertia, used in text-books of mechanics.

Energy and Force (1873)

This idea must be got rid of to understand force. All universally true laws of nature are laws of co-existence, not succession.

Energy and Force (1873)

Energy of position, defined by the statement of the law that the work done in getting from one position to another is the same by whatever path the change of position is made.

Energy and Force (1873)

Energy [is of two kinds: 1. Energy of motion; 2. Energy of position].

Energy and Force (1873)

Force, defined as above, is not conserved at all. It may appear and disappear; it is continually being created and destroyed. "Conservation of force" is, mathematically speaking, a contradiction in terms.

Energy and Force (1873)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Kingdon Clifford (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.