 ... 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.  Nature - Page 19edited by - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1828 - 410 pages
...of knowledge, which constitutes the profession of a civil engineer; being the art of directing tbe 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... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1902 - 622 pages
...metallurgists' contributions to early constructive work can be presented. On the other hand, the civil engineer advanced mechanical science and "directed the great...the use and convenience of man " for ages before the metallurgist rendered more thani incidental assistance. The engineer availed himself of the wood and... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1865 - 484 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 resources... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1875 - 520 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 mnn, as the means rf production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1884 - 534 pages
...an engineer, it is enough to say that if tho province of tho engineer is " the art of directing tho great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," there have been very few men in the profession who could show a higher claim to the title. He was probably... | |
 | Banks and banking - 1879 - 1110 pages
...species of knowledge which cjnstitutes 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... | |
 | England - 1848 - 710 pages
...speciet 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1851 - 720 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 Weale - London (England) - 1852 - 966 pages
...of the civil engineer is admirably defined in the Charter of Incorporation as " 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 Weale - Great Britain - 1854 - 1004 pages
...of the civil engineer is admirably defined in the Charter of Incorporation as " 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... | |
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