Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Arthur M. Wellington

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American engineer Arthur M. Wellington.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Arthur Mellen Wellington was an American civil engineer who wrote the 1877 book The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways. The saying that An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two is attributed to him. He was involved in the design and construction of new railways in Mexico. He was chief engineer of the Toledo and Canada Southern Railroad. He was the editor of the Engineering News.

American - Engineer | 1847 - 1895

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To define it rudely but not inaptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

Arthur M. Wellington

When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings for flying over intermediate obstructions.

Arthur M. Wellington

Great triumphs of engineering genius-the locomotive, the truss bridge, the steel rail- ... are rather invention than engineering proper.

Arthur M. Wellington

An engineer can do for a dollar what any fool can do for two

Arthur M. Wellington