 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1860 - 742 str.
...into contact, watched with more anxiety the completion of these enterprises, than did Mr. Stcphenson. His mind was ever occupied in anticipating how, and in what shape, failures mi^ht arise, and no 'doubt, it might appear to many, that the precautions he took were often superfluous.... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1860 - 764 str.
...ability properly to apply. It was one of the distinguishing characteristics of his professional career, that however bold he was in the conception of an idea,...taken, the enterprise is sure to be attended with some disasters ; whilst the mere act of taking due precautions seems to have the effect of averting the... | |
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It was one of the distinguishing characteristics of his professional career, that however bold he was in the conception of an idea, as for instance, the Britannia Tubular Bridge, yet no one, with whom I ever came into contact, watched with more anxiety... 