Quote#Nature
Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in…
Quote byThomas Tredgold · 1788–1829
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Thomas Tredgold (1828), used in the Royal Charter of the (ICE) published in: The Times, London, article CS102127326, 30 June 1828..
English (original)
Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.
— Thomas Tredgold
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