Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
John Alexander Low Waddell
Born: 1854
Died: March 3, 1938 (aged 84)
Bio: John Alexander Low Waddell was an American civil engineer and prolific bridge designer, with more than a thousand structures to his credit in the United States, Canada, as well as Mexico, Russia, China, Japan, and New Zealand.
Known for:
- De pontibus (1898)
- Addresses to engineering students (1911)
- Memoirs and addresses of two decades (1928)
- Specifications for Steel Bridges (1900)