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“To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.”

Quote by Arthur M. Wellington

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Arthur M. Wellington

Arthur M. Wellington was a prominent civil engineer born in 1847 and died in 1895. He made significant contributions to the field of civil engineering in the United States, particularly in bridge and tunnel design. more

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