James Nasmyth an Autobiography
Although I don’t have a kindle yet, I do have the software on my phone and laptop. One of the books that appeared in the free downloads was “James Nasmyth engineer; an autobiography”, obviously I had to download that and
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
Tags: Engineer, Scottish, Steam Hammer
Perfectionism gets in the way of completion
Last year, I was looking at some articles by Steve Ogden and Bre Pettis who were discussing the relative merits of getting things done vs getting them perfect. Surely the answer is to get them done right and to use
Posted in: Uncategorised
Tags: Engineer, Fit, Plans, Tolerances
Engineer = Ingenious
On the train up to see the fireworks in Carlisle this year I heard a chap say to his friend, you know the word Engineer that means a man who’s ingenious, it’s Latin you know. I looked it up on
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Engine, Engineer, etymology, Latin, Rub
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
