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Ludwig Mond
(7 Mar 1839 - 11 Dec 1909)
German-British chemist and industrialist whose varied contributions to the chemical industry include perfecting a method of soda manufacture, a process for the extraction of nickel, and coining (with Charles Langer) the term “fuel cell” while attempting to generate electricity by reacting hydrogen with oxygen.
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Science Quotes by Ludwig Mond (1 quote)
Science tells us how very far we are from attaining our industrial aims with anything approaching the theoretical expenditure of force. Science also tells us in what directions we may look forward to arriving at improvements. I might say that we are on the eve of creating a science of invention, that is, of developing scientific methods for solving industrial problems.
— Ludwig Mond
From paper at inaugural meeting of the Society of the Chemical Industry, London (1881), 'Patent Laws as Applied to Chemical Invention', quoted in obituary by Charles Baskerville, 'Ludwig Mond', The Engineering and Mining Journal (1 Jan 1910), 89, No. 1, 3.
See also:
- 7 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Mond's birth.
- Ludwig Mond Biography (2) - from Obituary in Engineering And Mining Journal (1910).
- Ludwig Mond Biography - from Obituary in Chemical Engineering (1910).
- The Life of Ludwig Mond, by J. M Cohen. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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