Endnotes

Introduction

1. Nobody knows for sure who first said this. It is generally attributed to Mark Twain, but also on occasion to the renowned Danish physicist Neils Bohr. But then, attribution is very difficult, especially about the past.

2. This phrase was coined by Stephen Davies in “The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894,” The Freeman, September 2004. Other sources consulted on this topic include “The Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894,” Bytes, July 16, 2011, bytesdaily.blogspot.com/2011/07/great-horse-manure-crisis-of-1894.html (a blog discussion based on Davies's article) and Eric Morris, “From Horse Power to Horsepower,” Access, Spring 2007.

3. Denise Roland, “Chinese Firm Geely Saves London Taxi Cab Maker Manganese Bronze,” Daily Telegraph ...

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