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Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton
(1864 - 14 Jul 1938)
English crystallographer whose has expertise in precise crystallographic measurements which he applied to using an interferential comparator to determine the standard yard in terms of the wavelength of cadmium red.
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Science Quotes by Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton (1 quote)
The beauty of crystals lies in the planeness of their faces.
— Alfred Edwin Howard Tutton
In The Natural History of Crystals (1924), 5.
See also:
- 14 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Tutton's death.
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.
(1987) -- 
