Quote#Wisdom
The dollar is the final term in almost every equation which arises in…
Quote byHenry R. Towne · 1844–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Industrial Engineering, 1905, Self cited in: Henry R. Towne in Foreword to the 1911 editions of: F.W. Taylor Shop management; a paper read before the American society of mechanical engineers New York. 1903/1911..
English (original)
The dollar is the final term in almost every equation which arises in the practice of engineering in any or all of its branches, except qualifiedly as to military and naval engineering, where in some cases cost may be ignored.
— Henry R. Towne
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