...harbours, mills, and machinery, took the name of Civil Engineers. They defined their profession as, " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." An older engineering society adopted as its motto a more concise definition, " We conquer by art the...

...acquisition ofthat 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 aiid of traffic in states both for external and internal trade, as applied...

...Whilst the profession of the engineer has been described by Tredgold in terse and emphatic prose, as "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man,'1 which has changed the aspect and state of affairs in the whole world, Pope has described its...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...to the end desired. Civil engineering was defined, by one of the greatest of England's engineers, as "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," and that definition was adopted as a fundamental idea in the charter of the English Institution of...

...of "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...