 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1104 pages
...which constitute the business of the engineer — to quote the well-known words of the Royal Charter, ' the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man.' The association of this ancient and learned city with boilers and chimneys, witli the noise and racket... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1272 pages
...acquisition of that 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.' It seems that in 1828, when the Institution was incorporated, the term ' mechanical science ' had a... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1895 - 1164 pages
...and its scope and utility increased. In addition to the oft-quoted definition of civil engineering as 'the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man,' Thomas Tredgold also defined it, in 1828, as ' that practical application of th* most important principles... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1895 - 1196 pages
...and its scope and utility increased. In addition to the oft-quoted definition of civil engineering as 'the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man,' Thomas Tredgold also defined it, in 1828, as ' that practical application of the most important principles... | |
 | Gaetano Lanza - 1895 - 174 pages
...Civil Engineer, adopted by the Council of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, in 1828, was, " the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man." Such a definition as this is not only vague, but, if taken literally, it would include a range of work... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1896 - 564 pages
...by Tredgold, and incorporated into the charter of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, is " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Rankine says: -'The engineer is he who by art and science makes the mechanical properties of matter... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1896 - 570 pages
...by Tredgold. and incorporated into the charter of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, is " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Rankine says: "The engineer is he who by art and science makes the mechanical properties of matter... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1896 - 578 pages
...by Tredgold. and incorporated into the charter of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, is " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Rankiue says: "The engineer is he who by art and science makes the mechanical properties of matter... | |
 | John Scott Abernethy - 1897 - 320 pages
...the aim of the Civil Engineering profession, as expressed in the words of their charter of 1824, " The Art of Directing the Great Sources of Power in Nature for the Use and Convenience of Man." FINIS. INDEX. PAGE Aberdeen 3, 5-7 Acting as Dockmaster at ... ... 71 Appointment as Resident Engineer... | |
 | 1897 - 528 pages
...acquisition of that species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a civil engineer, being the an; of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." This statement shows clearly that ours is an eminently practical profession. We may be interested in... | |
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Engineer ; being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man... 
