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William Crookes   Listen
William Crookes

noun
1.
English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919).  Synonyms: Crookes, Sir William Crookes.






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... will be impossible to deny it. The mass of evidence for the persistence of individual self-consciousness after death is increasing rapidly and is being subjected to the strictest scientific investigation. Men like Sir William Crookes and Sir Oliver Lodge, men whose words are entitled to respect from the point of view of modern science, have publicly admitted the importance of such evidence; before long the scientific world in general will have to take it into consideration. But to ...
— The New Theology • R. J. Campbell



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