"Micron" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the length of a wave is the distance from the crest of one wave to that of the wave immediately following it. Now modern science recognizes a long series of waves in ether, commencing with the smallest yet known measuring 0.1 micron, or about 1/254,000 of an inch, in length, measured by Professor Schumann in 1893, and extending to waves of many miles in length used in wireless telegraphy—for instance those employed between Clifden in Galway and Glace ...
— The Law and the Word • Thomas Troward
... in use to-day, in the various branches of scientific investigation, we should not forget that it has been a plant of very slow growth, and it is interesting indeed to glance along the pathway of the past to see how step by step our micron of to-day has been evolved from the cubit, the hand's breadth, the span, and, if you please, the barleycorn of our schoolboy days. It would also be a pleasant task to investigate the properties of the gnomon ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 • Various
... substance composed of {sagan}s of sub-micron-sized self-replicating robots programmed to make copies of themselves out of whatever is available. The image that goes with the term is one of the entire biosphere of Earth being eventually converted to robot goo. This is the simplest of the ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... 7 The micron is the unit of microscopical measurements. It is equal to 1/1000 of a millimeter and is indicated by the symbol {GREEK ...
— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M. |
