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> [Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-tredgold/engineering-is-the-art-of-directing-the-great-sources-of-power-in/)

Thomas Tredgold

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> [Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural Philosophy which has in a considerable degree realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-tredgold/civil-engineering-is-the-art-of-directing-the-great-sources-of-power/)

Thomas Tredgold

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## Other authors on Convenience

## More by Thomas Tredgold

> [Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-tredgold/engineering-is-the-art-of-directing-the-great-sources-of-power-in/)

Thomas Tredgold

> [Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-tredgold/civil-engineering-is-the-art-of-directing-the-great-sources-of-power/)

Thomas Tredgold

> [...(that) any general system of conveying passengers would ... go at a velocity exceeding ten miles an hour, or thereabouts, is extremely improbable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-tredgold/that-any-general-system-of-conveying-passengers-would-go-at-a/)

Thomas Tredgold

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