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...which the designer might select the simplest or most suitable combination. "At present," he wrote, "questions of this kind can only be solved by that...they are totally unable to communicate to others." In analyzing the process by which a machine was designed, Wrillis observed: "When the mind of a mechanician...

...which the designer might select the simplest or most suitable combination. "At present," he wrote, "questions of this kind can only be solved by that...they are totally unable to communicate to others." In analyzing the process by which a machine was designed, Willis observed: "When the mind of a mechanician...

...direct and certain methods, all the forms and arrangements that are applicable to the desired purpose. At present, questions of this kind can only be solved by that species of intuition that which long familiarity with the subject usually confers upon experienced persons, but which they...