19th century Quote by Joe Harris

“The term railway was to Victorian England what atomic or aerodynamic were to be after World War II, and network and virtual are today.…

— Richard Bookstaber

The greatest invention of the nineteenth century was the invention of the method of invention.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The nineteenth century was the last moment in history when a relatively educated layperson could follow what was going on in the world of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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

— Anonymous

The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad.

— John Moody

“Engineers and mechanics were as much products of the industrialization process as the material goods and the machinery by which those goods were produced.”

— Thomas Sowell

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

The nineteenth century will ever be known as the one in which the influences of science were first fully realised in civilised communities; the…

— Norman Lockyer

“Greatest engineering achievements of 20th century ranked by National Academy of Engineering: 1. Electrification 2. Automobile 3. Airplane 4. Water supply and distribution 5.…

— Henry Petroski

We had learned how to invent things, and the question of why we invent things receded in importance. The idea that if something could…

— Neil Postman

The construction of extensive railways, however, and particularly the consolidation of small, experimental lines into large systems, dates from the days of the discovery…

— John Moody

I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies.

— Alastair Reynolds