 It would be well if engineering were less generally thought of, and even defined, as the art of constructing. In a certain important sense it is rather the art of not constructing ; or, to define it rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that...  Education and Technology [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedialaboja - 2004 - 713 lapasPriekšskatījums nav pieejams - Par šo grāmatu
 | Arthur Mellen Wellington - 1887 - 1036 lapas
...us from confusing the obvious with the important, and the obscure and remote with the unimportant. It would be well if engineering were less generally...it rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion. There are, indeed, certain... | |
 | Arthur Mellen Wellington - 1887 - 1146 lapas
...us from confusing the obvious with the important, and the obscure and remote with the unimportant. It would be well if engineering were less generally...a certain important sense it is rather the art of not-constructing ; or, to define it rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that well with one... | |
 | Halbert Powers Gillette - 1910 - 1902 lapas
..."Economic Theory of the Location of Railways." I *as particularly struck with this opening paragraph : "It would be well if engineering were less generally...It rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a. fashion." Wellington made no... | |
 | Halbert Powers Gillette - 1927 - 2020 lapas
...Cost of Two Telephone Lines. — Life of Telephone Line Equipment. — Cost of Laying Electric Con"It would be well If engineering were less generally thought...it rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion." Wellington made no attempt... | |
 | John Hubert Scott - 1928 - 348 lapas
...again we see it in Wellington's famous "definition" : "In a certain important sense it [Engineering] is rather the art of not constructing; or, to define...it rudely but not inaptly, it is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion." 24 Another fault is... | |
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