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Quotes from Introductory Lecture on the Harmony of Theory and Practice in Mechanics — William John Macquorn Rankine

1820–1872 Scotland

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Discrepancy between theory and practice, which in sound physical and mechanical science is a delusion, has a real existence in the minds of men; and that fallacy, through rejected by their judgments, continues to exert and influence over their acts.

Introductory Lecture on the Harmony of Theory and Practice in Mechanics (1856)

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