Finite Volume Geometric

Famous quotes containing the words finite, volume and/or geometric:

    “Are not all finite beings better pleased with motions relative than absolute?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it, by being a slave himself.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “In mathematics he was greater
    Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater:
    For he, by geometric scale,
    Could take the size of pots of ale;
    Resolve, by sines and tangents straight,
    If bread and butter wanted weight;
    And wisely tell what hour o’ th’ day
    The clock doth strike, by algebra.”
    —Samuel Butler (1612–1680)