Any man who is thoroughly capable of understanding and handling a machine may be called a mechanical engineer, but only he who knows the principles behind that machine so thoroughly that he would be able to design it or adapt it to a new purpose... can be classed as a civil engineer.


Address at the Annual Convention, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, June 1895

George S. Morison Quotes

Any man who is thoroughly capable of understanding and handling a machine may be called a mechanical engineer, but only he who knows the principles...

Any man who is thoroughly capable of understanding and handling a machine may be called a mechanical engineer, but only he who knows the principles...

Any man who is thoroughly capable of understanding and handling a machine may be called a mechanical engineer, but only he who knows the principles...

Any man who is thoroughly capable of understanding and handling a machine may be called a mechanical engineer, but only he who knows the principles...