 | 1828 - 488 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... | |
 | English essays - 1828 - 718 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, of the means of production and of traffic in state«, V»A\\ tot external and internal trade, as,acp\'\eA\n... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1829 - 316 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... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1895 - 1164 pages
...utility increased. In addition to the oft-quoted definition of civil engineering as 'the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man,' Thomas Tredgold also defined it, in 1828, as ' that practical application of th* most important principles... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Art - 1858 - 618 pages
...our subjects, und 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 boih for external and internal trade, and materially advancing... | |
 | 1859 - 452 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... | |
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Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man... 
