ABSTRACT
Professor Kimball’s articles on design present a view of the matter that is, I think, as original as it is interesting. I remember, many years ago, contemplating that frightful monster called, I believe, “Puffing Billy” that stood in the museum of the British Patent Office. This was the prototype of the locomotive, and must have been, when working, as diabolical a sight as could be desired. It would certainly “go” and as certainly was devoid of any pretensions to shape or beauty.
