...species of knowledge which constitutes the profession of a Civil Engineer, being the art The nature and 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...

...given by Tredgold. and incorporated into the charter of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, is " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Rankiue says: "The engineer is he who by art and science makes the mechanical properties of matter...

...given by Tredgold. and incorporated into the charter of the British Institution of Civil Engineers, is " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Rankine says: "The engineer is he who by art and science makes the mechanical properties of matter...

...description of the profession of a Civil Engineer, dating back to the Royal Charter in 1828, as '....being the art of directing the Great Sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of Man' might need a bit of repolishing in the light of present day attitudes to green and feminist issues,...

...Engineers, a prominent selfeducated English colleague, Thomas Tredgold, defined its field of expertise: "The art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural philosophy which has,...

...and earth than are dreamt of in Hume's philosophy. 3. In 1828 Thomas Tredgold defined engineering as "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man" (quoted in Florman, Existential Pleasures of Engineering, p. 19). Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger,...

...definitions of engineering, in the 1828 charter of the (British) Institution of Civil Engineers, asserts that engineering is "the art of directing the great sources...of power in nature for the use and convenience of man."3 That definition is still accurate and adequate. The great sources of power — fire and falling...

...Revolution. In 1827, the Institution of Civil Engineers selected a definition of its profession as "The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." 25. In the light of the challenges posed to human society by our own actions in destroying the global...

...investigate causes, study symptoms, and find remedies for mechanical failures as it is "to direct the sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Thomson's quotation from the first formal definition of civil engineering (see, eg, Watson, 1988) evoked...

...'Ingenieurwesen' kurz vorgestellt: 4.3. Ein explikativer Fachtext - die definitio Engineering 1 Most simply, the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of humans. In its modern form engineering involves people, money, materials, machines, and energy. It...