George S. Morison (engineer) Quote

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


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...