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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
(8 Jul 1838 - 8 Mar 1917)
German inventor, engineer and manufacturer who was the aviation pioneer that built the first rigid dirigible airships, named Zeppelins.
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Science Quotes by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1 quote)
The forces of nature cannot be eliminated but they may be balanced one against the other.
— Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
At Friedrichshafen (May 1914). Epigraph, in Harry Vissering, Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement (1922), title page. Translation shown below image of the quote in German, signed in the handwriting of Zeppelin.
See also:
- 8 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Zeppelin's birth.
- The First Two Trial Trips of von Zeppelin's Airships - from Scientific American Supplement (1900).
- 2 Jul - births, deaths and events on date of the first Zeppelin test flight.
- Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement, by Harry Vissering. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Ferdinand Zeppelin.
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) -- 
