Engineering Reminiscences Contributed to Power and American Machinist (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles T. Porter

9780260520852: Engineering Reminiscences Contributed to Power and American Machinist (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0260520853 ISBN 13: 9780260520852

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Excerpt from Engineering Reminiscences Contributed to Power and American Machinist

A word of explanation seems due to both the reader and myself.

The idea of writing these reminiscences did not originate with me. I was invited to write them by Mr. F. R. Low, the editor of Power. This invitation I declined, saying that I felt averse to writing a story in which I must be the central figure. Mr. Low replied that I should regard it as a duty I owed to the profession. Engineers demanded to know the origin and early development of the high speed system of steam engineering. I was the only person who could meet this demand; no one else possessed the necessary information.

I felt obliged to yield to this view, and can only ask the reader to imagine that I am writing about somebody else.

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