 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1828 - 410 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Laxton - 1865 - 484 Seiten
...of a civil 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) - 1875 - 520 Seiten
...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 mnn, as the means rf production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1881 - 512 Seiten
...entrusted the design and execution of works tending, in the expressive words of our charter, to direct " the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man." Finally, let me express my thanks to the engineers and others who have kindly furnished me with information,... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1884 - 534 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1879 - 1110 Seiten
...of that 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 Seiten
...of that 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... | |
 | 1851 - 722 Seiten
...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 of production, and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied... | |
 | John Weale - 1852 - 966 Seiten
...profession 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 in... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1852 - 268 Seiten
...Incorporation of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, is, " The art of directing the great sourees 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 in... | |
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... 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. 
