216 ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE. [CHAP. 



sides of the Tweed, there would have been 5 

 times as many expressions of gratitude to En- 

 glish teachers as to Scotch. But the facts show 

 that no less than 8 out of the 13 cases refer to 

 teachers in Scotland, 1 to a Scotch teacher settled 

 in England, and only 4 to English professors. 

 It would have been (8x5=) 40 and not 4, 

 if the English education had been as profitable 

 to science as the Scotch. I willingly admit 

 that the smallness of the numbers, namely, 

 only 13 cases, renders precise figures open 

 to question ; however, the superiority of the 

 Scotch system is supported . by other evidence 

 which I shall speak of in the chapter on 

 education. 



Physics and Mathematics. (7) I believe 

 the origin was when I attended the natural 

 philosophy classes at .... (10) Tastes con- 

 firmed by lectures, and especially by the 

 encouragement of [certain professors]. (20) 

 Interest in mathematics due to the encourage- 

 ment of . . . . , and influence of [professors 

 at a university]. 



