Stokes' career certainly took a rather different tack in 1857 when he moved from his highly active theoretical research period into one where he became more involved with administration and experimental work.
Stokes' karera kinuha ng isang tiyak sa halip ng iba't ibang tak sa 1857 kung kailan siya inilipat mula sa kanyang mataas na aktibo panteorya pananaliksik na panahon sa isa kung saan siya ay naging mas kasangkot sa pangangasiwa at experimental trabaho.