Engineering reminiscences contributed to "Power" and "American machinist" (1908)
Porter, Charles T. (Charles Talbot), 1826-1910 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 424
very uncomfortable. The directors elected as president one of their own number,who had nothing else to do, to sit in the presidents chair and drawhis salary, and committed the practical management of the businessto an oily-tongued man who had never seen a high-speed engine,and whose qualifications… … Benjamin F. Avery
