... in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks, for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial... Description of the Line and Works of the Scinde Railway: With an Abstract of ...by John Brunton - 1863 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1828 - 410 pages
...the art of navigation by artificial power, for the purposes of commerce ; and in the construe- ' tion and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns." Queen of Pearls — Dr. Fischer, of Moscow, ia a work which he has recently published en the "Pearl... | |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1865 - 636 pages
...if elected. If the mission of the Civil Engineer be, as described in the Charter of Incorporation, " the art of directing the great sources of power in...machinery ; and in the drainage of cities and towns " — if this be the object of our profession, it may fairly be asked what other' calling plays so... | |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1875 - 520 pages
...internal^intercoursc and exchange ; and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, brcnkwatcrs, and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial...and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cilice and tiwns." for Membership. The requirements arc strict, lmt justly so; and it is believed that... | |
| Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1891 - 496 pages
...moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purpose's of commerce, and in the construction and adaptation...machinery and in the drainage of cities and towns." The charter prescribes rules for the government of the corporation, by which general meetings arc authorised... | |
| Banks and banking - 1879 - 1110 pages
...docks, for internal intercourse and exchange ; in the construction of ports, harbours, and lighthouses ; in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns. The Institute consists of members and associates. To be a member one must have been regularly educated... | |
| England - 1848 - 710 pages
...breakwaters, and lighthouses, in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns. The institution carries on its proceedings at a commodious mansion in Great George-street, Westminster.... | |
| Great Britain - 1851 - 722 pages
...breakwaters, and lighthouses, in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, in the construction and adaptation of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns. The institution carries on its proceedings at a commodious mansion in Great George-street, Westminster.... | |
| John Weale - London (England) - 1852 - 966 pages
...council. The profession of the civil engineer is admirably defined in the Charter of Incorporation as " the art of directing the great sources of power in...machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns." The institution consists of four classes, viz., members, associates, graduate«, and honorary members.... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1852 - 268 pages
...breakwaters, and lighthouses ; and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commeree ; and in the construction and adaptation of machinery ; and in the drainage of cities and towns." Civil engineering is both a seience and an art : as a science, it includes the general principles of... | |
| John Weale - Great Britain - 1854 - 1004 pages
...council The profession of the civil engineer is admirably defined in the Charter of Incorporation as " the art of directing the great sources of power in...machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns." The institution consists of four classes, viz., members, associates, graduates, and honorary members.... | |
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