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" Civil engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man"; but at the present time I contend that Thomas Tredgold's definition is insufficient. "
Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers - Page 1867
by American Society of Civil Engineers - 1906
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 12-13

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1873 - 626 pages
...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 between the man...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 12-13

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1873 - 662 pages
...alter many years of labor, had not been large. He was proud of his profession, looking upon it ao 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 between the man...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 12-13

American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 642 pages
...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 between the man...
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Ways and Works in India: Being an Account of the Public Works in that ...

George Walter Macgeorge - India - 1894 - 616 pages
...timely introduction and practical application in India of those various arts which have directed ' the great sources of power in Nature to the use and convenience of man ' — in other words, in consequence of that enlightened policy of the English governors of the country...
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Ways and Works in India: Being an Account of the Public Works in that ...

George Walter Macgeorge - India - 1894 - 598 pages
...timely introduction and practical application in India of those various arts which have directed ' the great sources of power in Nature to the use and convenience of man ' — in other words, in consequence of that enlightened policy of the English governors of the country...
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Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Volume 7

American Society for Engineering Education, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.) - Engineering - 1899 - 248 pages
...which they held is fairly illustrated in Tredgold's good old definition, " Engineering is directing the sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man." The engineer who follows the profession covered by this wideembracing definition must be a man of science,...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, Volume 7

Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.). Annual Meeting - Engineering - 1899 - 246 pages
...which they held is fairly illustrated in Tredgold's good old definition, " Engineering is directing the sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man." The engineer who follows the profession covered by this wideembracing definition must be a man of science,...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, Volume 10

Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.). Annual Meeting - Engineering - 1902 - 348 pages
...determining commercial success and supremacy. Tredgold's definition of the engineer, as one who directs the sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man, is certainly broad and inclusive, but the range of technology in his day was quite limited. Whether...
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Engineering Education, Volume 10

American Society for Engineering Education, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.) - Engineering - 1902 - 348 pages
...determining commercial success and supremacy. Tredgold's definition of the engineer, as one who directs the sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man, is certainly broad and inclusive, but the range of technology in his day was quite limited. Whether...
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Journal, Volume 32

Electricity - 1903 - 774 pages
...realisation of which the engineer has not largely contributed. Engineering has been defined as the art of directing the great sources of power in nature to the use and convenience of man, and therefore the engineer is interested in every investigation and discovery in the whole realm of...
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