Pete Snidal said the following to Kevin Crosby on the subject of
Re: steam engines (18 Sep 97  08:34:50)
 PS> Don't let's forget that the operator of a steam locomotive was
 PS> called, and was, an "Engineer."  It took a lot of learning to be
 PS> able to ride herd on all them busy molecules, and even then, the
 PS> stories of boiler blowups are legion.
"Don't let's forget" we are talking about turn of the last century
technology. The people who designed those machines were Engineers. The
people who used them were very over-glorified lackeys. Taking example
from the early space program, those who designed the rockets were
Engineers. Those who rode them were famous monkeys.
 Mike
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