“...(that) any general system of conveying passengers would ... go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable.” HoursTenMilesTransportationPassengersImprobableVelocityConveying Author:Thomas Tredgold
“Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural Philosophy which has in a considerable degree realized the anticipations of Bacon, and changed the aspect and state of affairs in the whole world. The most important object of Civil Engineering is to improve the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal Trade.” MenWorldMeanArtImportantStatesPhilosophyWholeUseNaturalPrinciplesObjectsChangedSourceDegreesAspectTradeAffairProductionsPracticalsWhole WorldInternalsApplicationEngineeringAnticipationTrafficConvenienceCivil EngineerCivil EngineeringNatural Philosophy Author:Thomas Tredgold
“Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.” MenArtUseSourceEngineeringEngineersConvenienceCivil EngineerCivil EngineeringEngineering Inspirational Author:Thomas Tredgold
