... he did not feel he was a good observer, and he did not want to subordinate all his other interests to astronomy; in particular, he wanted to complete the work he had begun on the kinetic theory of gases.
... siya ay hindi pakiramdam siya ay isang mabuting tagamasid, at siya ay hindi nais na magpasakop sa lahat ng kanyang iba pang mga interes sa astronomy, sa partikular, siya kinakailangan upang makumpleto ang trabaho niya sinimulan sa kinetiko teorya ng gases.