 ... 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.  Scribner's Magazine - 12 psl.redagavo - 1888Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1875 - 500 psl.
...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, as the means rf production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied... | |
 | 1876 - 612 psl.
...• Address delivered by FJ Bramwelt, CE, FR 8., at South Kensington. " enable the engineer to direct the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Although machines of this kind are, in truth, mere converters or adapters of extraneous forces into... | |
 | South Kensington Museum - 1876 - 458 psl.
...consider that class of machines which, to use the words of Trcdgold, " enable the engineer to direct the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man." Although machines of this kind are in truth mere converters or adapters of extraneous forces into useful... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn, William Pole - 1877 - 590 psl.
...velocities, and magnitudes. The more modern Institution of Civil Engineers define their profession as The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. which would seem at first sight to apply more especially to the mechanical branch, but which is doubtless... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1877 - 634 psl.
...Telford, which definition is incorporated into the Charter of the Institution of Civil Engineers, is " the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man," and there are few more striking examples of what science may do for commerce, or of what man may accomplish... | |
 | Sir William Fairbairn - 1877 - 596 psl.
...Engineers, on its foundation in 1828, the ' Profession of a Civil Engineer ' is declared to be : ' The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man ; .... as applied ; — ' In the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation,... | |
 | Royal Society of New South Wales - 1902 - 694 psl.
...enterprise, or for fostering (to quote the words of the Charter of the Institution of Civil Engineers) " 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," must vary... | |
 | 1889 - 1088 psl.
...of Tredgold, in his definition of the functions of the civil engineer — have devoted themselves to the ' art of directing the great sources •of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.' FREDERICK BRAMWELL. 6. A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. YOUR invitation, my dear Editor, gives... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1878 - 616 psl.
...accumulations, after many years of labor, had not been large. He was proud of his profession, looking upon it as the art of directing the great sources of power in nature to the use and benefit of man, and he considered the Civil Engineer to be not only the interpreter... | |
 | 1879 - 634 psl.
...hitherto made in this country to the philosophy of education. preceding remarks were made by Bidder, ' is 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,... | |
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