...consistently defined their work In terms of Its service to humanity. "Engineering is the act of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," wrote Thomas Tredgold in 1828 (quoted by Florman,, 1976, p. 19). In the same vein, American engineer...

...constrained in the main by topography, powerful landowners and city fathers. They were able to direct the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man without much regard for environmental questions. Brunel could drive his black britzska* across the...

...the establishment in 1828 of the Institution of Civil Engineers to further 'the art of directing the Great Sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of mankind' marked the rise of a new kind of professional man. Members of these intellectual families...

...a Civil Engineer, dating back to the Royal Charter in 1828, as '....being the art of directing the Great Sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of Man' might need a bit of repolishing in the light of present day attitudes to green and feminist issues,...

...of in Hume's philosophy. 3. In 1828 Thomas Tredgold defined engineering as "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man" (quoted in Florman, Existential Pleasures of Engineering, p. 19). Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger,...

...selfeducated English colleague, Thomas Tredgold, defined its field of expertise: "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 selected a definition of its profession as "The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." 25. In the light of the challenges posed to human society by our own actions in destroying the global...

...investigate causes, study symptoms, and find remedies for mechanical failures as it is "to direct the sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Thomson's quotation from the first formal definition of civil engineering (see, eg, Watson, 1988) evoked...

...the (British) Institution of Civil Engineers, asserts that engineering is "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man."3 That definition is still accurate and adequate. The great sources of power — fire and falling...

...4.3. Ein explikativer Fachtext - die definitio Engineering 1 Most simply, the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of humans. In its modern form engineering involves people, money, materials, machines, and energy. It...