Nicholas Bodley scripsit:

> <http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/gallica/Chronologie/11siecle/Roland/rol_ch00.html>

Evidently a slightly different edition. I no longer know the exact
source of my .sig, which is one of the oldest of the lot.

> *Concept adapted from my father's comments about Josiah Willard Gibbs;
> not that I know much about J.W.G., but my father did study his writings.

My favorite JWG story: He was well-known among his friends and peers not
only for his brilliance (he was the only world-class physicist educated in
the U.S. in his time) but also for his extraordinary modesty. They were
astounded, therefore, when on one occasion when JWG was testifying as
an expert witness, and the opposing lawyer asked him what right he had
to say such things, he replied "I am the greatest living authority on
the matter." JWG's explanation after the fact: "I had to say that;
I was on oath".

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