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  • ...(that) any general system of conveying passengers would ... go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable.

    Velocity   Hours   Miles  
  • Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.

    Art   Men   Engineering  
    The Times, London, June 30, 1828.
  • 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.

    Art   Philosophy   Mean  
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