...description of civil engineering, and his words were subsequently embodied in the Charter, as follows : — "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...

...years ago by Mr. Tredgold, and adopted by the Institution of Civil Engineers in their charter — " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use aiirl convenience of man." And here it is my duty to acknowledge the aid which I have derived from...

...the various countries where the art is practised. Engineering is, as Telford aptly describes it, " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," and you will at once perceive the vastness of the field in which the science of engineering is being practised....

...The charter of the art which it will be your life's work to exercise, has been well expressed as that of " directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." You will see, then, that while its aspirations are noble, its responsibilities are also necessarily...

...represents one class only. The Institution of Civil Engineers embraces all classes who are engaged in "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," and this definition allows it to 1ake in nearly everybody. To become a member, however, of this very powerful...

...structure on the Eddystone in 1696 may be said to have commenced the modern engineering efforts ' in directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man ; ' * efforts which, followed up by Rudyerd, Smeaton, the Stevensons, and others, have since been so...

...8, «on feet mbovc the Railway.) And here is as good a place, perhaps, as any other in this chapter, to say that true engineering is the economical adaptation...Institution of Civil Engineers. But the development of engineeringworks in America has been effected successfully by American engineers only because they...

...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. 5. A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. YOUR invitation, my dear Editor, gives...

..."civil engineering," given in the Charter of The Institution of Civil Engineers, namely, that it is " the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man." These words are taken from a definition or description of engineering given by one of our earliest...

...habitations of our subjects, and otherwise smoothing the path of Civilization ; and also being the Arts of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic both for external and internal trade, and materially advancing...