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Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.
Thomas Tredgold
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Charles Caleb Colton
Thomas Tredgold
Born:
August 22, 1788
Died:
January 28, 1829
(aged 40)
Bio:
Thomas Tredgold was an English engineer and author, known for his early work on railroad construction.
Known for:
Elementary principles of carpentry (1820)
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