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Arthur Mellen Wellington
(20 Dec 1847 - 17 May 1895)
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Science Quotes by Arthur Mellen Wellington (3 quotes)
Arthur Mellen Wellington (source)
Great triumphs of engineering genius—the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail— ... are rather invention than engineering proper.
— Arthur Mellen Wellington
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 well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.
— Arthur Mellen Wellington
When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.
— Arthur Mellen Wellington
See also:
- 20 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Wellington's birth.
- Arthur Mellen Wellington - Obituary - Engineering Magazine (Jul 1895)