7 Nov
2011
7 Nov
'11
12:47 p.m.
> In the stonework over a doorway in Southwark
(part of 'London' south of
> the Thames) is a statement that many here should remember. It's the
> doorway of Kilkaldy's Testing Works and reads :
That should be 'Kirkaldy' of course. He was one of the first people to
test the strengths and other properties of various materials, and thus
provide a theoretical basis for engineering. And yet few have ever heard
of him.
'Facts not Opinions'
An extension of that is an old tenant of mine:
Opinions are permissible, but not enforceable.
Facts are indisputable.
Indeed. Much the same sentiment,
-tony