Arthur Mellen Wellington

Arthur Mellen Wellington

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Biography

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 an abridgement of a statement made in this work.

Books by Arthur Mellen Wellington
Methods for the Computation From Diagrams of Preliminary and Final Estimates of Railway EarthworkMethods for the Computation From Diagrams of Preliminary and Final Estimates of Railway Earthwork
Methods for the Computation from Diagrams of Preliminary and Final Estimates of Railway EarthworkMethods for the Computation from Diagrams of Preliminary and Final Estimates of Railway Earthwork
The Economic Theory of the Location of RailwaysThe Economic Theory of the Location of Railways
The Economic Theory of the Location of RailwaysThe Economic Theory of the Location of Railways
The Economic Theory of the Location of RailwaysThe Economic Theory of the Location of Railways
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Quotes by Arthur Mellen Wellington

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

Arthur Mellen Wellington

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

Arthur Mellen Wellington