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From a speech given to the Institute of Civil Engineers on “The Progress of Steam Shipping in the Past Quarter of a Century”, in November 1877:
“It is found that anything that can go wrong at sea generally does go wrong sooner or later, so it is not to be wondered that owners prefer the safe to the scientific … Sufficient stress can hardly be laid on the advantages of simplicity. The human factor cannot be safely neglected in planning machinery. If attention is to be obtained, the engine must be such that the engineer will be disposed to attend to it.”
Alfred Holt invented the marine compound expansion steam engine, built the first steam ships able to travel under steam alone to China and back without a mail contract subsidy, founded the Blue Funnel Line with them, and much more.
“It is found that anything that can go wrong at sea generally does go wrong sooner or later, so it is not to be wondered that owners prefer the safe to the scientific … Sufficient stress can hardly be laid on the advantages of simplicity. The human factor cannot be safely neglected in planning machinery. If attention is to be obtained, the engine must be such that the engineer will be disposed to attend to it.”
Alfred Holt invented the marine compound expansion steam engine, built the first steam ships able to travel under steam alone to China and back without a mail contract subsidy, founded the Blue Funnel Line with them, and much more.