Quote#Wisdom
A permanent alteration of form limits the strength of materials with…
Quote byThomas Young · 1773–1829
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: (1807) Nat. Phil. Vol. i, p. 14. as quoted by Robert Henry Thurston, Materials of Engineering (1884) Part III p. 548..
English (original)
A permanent alteration of form limits the strength of materials with regard to practical purposes, almost as much as fracture; since, in general, the force which is capable of producing this effect is sufficient, with a small addition, to increase it till fracture takes place.
— Thomas Young
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