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To: average joe who wrote (4903)9/19/2008 12:30:28 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5290
 
It's a real hoot. I've studied Sir Humphry's qualifications quite a bit while putting together our family's genealogy.

One guy said his greatest achievement was giving Michael Faraday a job.

My favorite quote of Humphry's did not appear in that last search. Upon visiting a French art museum he said something like "It's the best collection of frames I've ever seen."

My Grandma's maiden name was Roebuck. Her great uncle sold his share in Sears Roebuck for $25,000. Not too smart, huh!

On my father's side, all my ancestors are southerners and most of them are buried in South Carolina. Some of them were confederate officers.



To: average joe who wrote (4903)9/19/2008 2:23:24 AM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 5290
 
ROTFLMAO! Coincidentally, I just turned on a rerun of "Einstein's Big Idea" on Nova/PBS.

Sir Humphry led off the piece -- by hiring Michael Faraday. Although he isolated and named a number of elements, Sir Humphry had little to do with Einstein's Big Idea. Faraday was the one who did.