Henry R. Towne: 5 Quotes by the Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer
1844 - 1924
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Henry R. Towne, Mechanical Engineer (1844 - 1924), is quoted 5 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Design, Doe, Science and Cost.

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The Engineer is one who, in the world of physics and applied sciences, begets new things, or adapts old things to new and better uses; above all, one who, in that field, attains new results in the best way and at lowest cost.
Henry R. Towne / Mechanical Engineer
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Old Things
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The dollar is the final term in almost every equation which arises in the practice of engineering in any or all of its branches, except qualifiedly as to military and naval engineering, where in some cases cost may be ignored.
Henry R. Towne / Mechanical Engineer
Engineering
Military
Practice
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He who designs an unsafe structure or an inoperative machine is a bad Engineer; he who designs them so that they are safe and operative, but needlessly expensive, is a poor Engineer, and … he who does the best work at the lowest cost sooner or later stands at the top of his profession.
Henry R. Towne / Mechanical Engineer
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Design
Doe
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A railroad may have to be carried over a gorge or arroya. Obviously it does not need an Engineer to point out that this may be done by filling the chasm with earth, but only a Bridge Engineer is competent to determine whether it is cheaper to do this or to bridge it, and to design the bridge which will safely and most cheaply serve.
Henry R. Towne / Mechanical Engineer
Design
Bridges
Doe
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The monogram of our national initials, which is the symbol for our monetary unit, the dollar, is almost as frequently conjoined to the figures of an engineer's calculations as are the symbols indicating feet, minutes, pounds, or gallons. ... This statement, while true in regard to the work of all engineers, applies particularly to that of the mechanical engineer.
Henry R. Towne / Mechanical Engineer
Dollars
Feet
Pounds
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