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I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree to calculations or mathematical reasonings.
Hiram Maxim
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Hiram Maxim
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: February 5
Died: 1916
Died: November 24
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Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim
Hiram S. Maxim
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But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago, I think we might put down all their results, add them together, and then divide by the number of mathematicians, and thus find the average coefficient of error. (1908)
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