Quote#Time
Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal…
Quote byJames Nasmyth · 1808–1890
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: James Nasmyth engineer, 1883, p. 87 (p. 221 in 2010 edition).
English (original)
Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it became known to the Lords of the Admiralty that a new power in forging had been introduced.
— James Nasmyth
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