 | 1859 - 452 pages
...species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer ; being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states both for external and internal trade, as applied... | |
 | John Brunton - 1863 - 84 pages
...species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer ; being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied... | |
 | William Newton - 1865 - 832 pages
...engineer be, as described in the Charter of Incorporation of the Institution, " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," it might fairly be asked — what other profession played so large a part in developing the material... | |
 | 1868 - 722 pages
...a Civil Engineer, "By THOMAS TREDGOLD, Hon. M. Inst. CE " Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural philosophy which has,... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1868 - 706 pages
...species of knowledge which constituted the profession of a Civil Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in States, both for external and internal trade, as applied... | |
 | Robert Sabine - 1869 - 322 pages
...mere adventurer, with no higher object than profit. Franklin was a true civil engineer, who sought to direct " the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Convinced of the correctness of his views, he proposed the use of lightningdischargers for the roofs... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1913 - 788 pages
...experience and the results of experimental research. Engineering has b«n defined as " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." An adequate acquaintance with the laws of nature, and obedience to those laws, are tt-iential to the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1894 - 944 pages
...SIEMENS was a representative man of this nineteenth century, the century in which " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man " has been more studied and applied than in any other, we were almost saying than in all others. And... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1915 - 886 pages
...experience and ideas." Engineers who are more immediately concerned with the problems of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man are indeed grateful to our president for these inspiring words, and trust that the ties which unite... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1915 - 834 pages
...experience and ideas." Engineers who are more immediately concerned with the problems of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man are indeed grateful to our president for these inspiring words, and trust that the ties which unite... | |
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... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states. 
