...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...engineer had, to quote the charter of the institution, ** advanced mechanical science and directed the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man," for ages before the metallurgists rendered more than incidental service. As examples of great engineering...

...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...

...Mechanical Engineers. (Rmd before Ou Society Apr* 12t*, 1871.) " ENGINEERING is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature, for the use and convenience of man." So said Thomas Telford, the eminent Civil Engineer, just 61 years ago, when, as first President of...

...who for the Institution of Civil Engineers defined " Engineering " to be " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Accepting this definition, let us enquire whether mechanical engineers have to any, and to what extent,...

...the Br.tish Institution of Civil Engineering has it, " Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Man and nature, then should be his study. These are the views of Matthew Arnold, who strengthens his...

...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 rf production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied...