"There are many good mechanical engineers; — there are also many good " businessmen ;"— but the two are rarely combined in one person."

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Original Language: English

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Henry R. Towne, "The Engineer as an Economist," In: Proceedings of the Chicago Meeting (25-28 May 1886) Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1886), 7, p. 428