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... matters relating to the business affairs of the Society not other- wise provided for . Third . The reading of papers shall be limited to fifteen minutes each , and abstracts of the same of about three hundred words or less shall be ...
... matters relating to the business affairs of the Society not other- wise provided for . Third . The reading of papers shall be limited to fifteen minutes each , and abstracts of the same of about three hundred words or less shall be ...
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... matter of fact , continue in the line towards which their education has been directed . Em- ployment in engineering has generally , but not always , proved the goal for the graduate . In many cases it has rather been the channel , the ...
... matter of fact , continue in the line towards which their education has been directed . Em- ployment in engineering has generally , but not always , proved the goal for the graduate . In many cases it has rather been the channel , the ...
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... matters of account- ing and finance . The study of science trains him to observe facts and phenomena and to draw correct infer- ences and conclusions from such facts . The basis of science is not guess - work , but observed facts ...
... matters of account- ing and finance . The study of science trains him to observe facts and phenomena and to draw correct infer- ences and conclusions from such facts . The basis of science is not guess - work , but observed facts ...
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... matter of observa- tion , I know of no class of men whom I believe to be less subject to business corruption than the civil engi- neers who have come more especially under my notice , and I do not doubt that the school - trained ...
... matter of observa- tion , I know of no class of men whom I believe to be less subject to business corruption than the civil engi- neers who have come more especially under my notice , and I do not doubt that the school - trained ...
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... matters engineering and mechanical , there must also be a de- mand , constantly increasing , for journalistic work , not only for technical periodicals , but in newspapers and general publications . Not only on the side of an 28 ADDRESS ...
... matters engineering and mechanical , there must also be a de- mand , constantly increasing , for journalistic work , not only for technical periodicals , but in newspapers and general publications . Not only on the side of an 28 ADDRESS ...
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Page 83 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful ; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 7 - Committee, and that the other members of the Committee be appointed by the incoming President.
Page 163 - They must be able to write from dictation, paragraphs from standard pieces of English literature, both prose and poetry, sufficient in number to test fully their qualifications in this branch. The spelling throughout the examination will be considered in marking the papers. The Academic Board are instructed not to reject a candidate whose only deficiency is in spelling when the mark therefor is above a certain figure, to be fixed by the board, subject to the revision of the department. Punctuation...
Page 75 - ARTHUR N. TALBOT, Professor of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Page 79 - The members of the special committees on concrete and reinforced concrete of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society for Testing Materials, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, and the Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers met at Atlantic City, XJ, on June 17, 1904.
Page 165 - Colonies; the causes, leading events, and the results of wars; territorial expansion and industrial growth, including map studies; the Constitution of the United States; the policy of the United States in foreign affairs, tariff, currency, trusts, labor, immigration, and other present-day problems; and the lives and public service of great...
Page 163 - In writing and orthography, they must be able, from dictation, to write sentences from standard pieces of English literature, both prose and poetry, sufficient in number to test their qualifications, both in handwriting and orthography.
Page 164 - States; trade winds; the direction and position of important mountain chains and the locality of the higher peaks; the position and course of the principal rivers, their tributaries, and the bodies of water into which they flow; the position of important seas, bays, gulfs, and arms of the sea; the position of independent States, their boundaries and capital cities; the position and direction of great peninsulas and the situation of important and prominent capes, straits, sounds, channels, and the...
Page 224 - The great importance of this tendency will be apparent if we remember that when we apply a theorem, it is usually to a special case. If we know merely that the theorem is true "in general...
Page 164 - GEOGRAPHY. — Candidates will be required to pass a satisfactory examination in descriptive geography, particularly of our own country. Questions will be given under the following heads: The definitions of latitude and longitude (including problems with regard to differences of time between places) ; the zones; the grand divisions of land and water; the character of coast lines; the climate of different parts of the United States; trade winds; the direction and position of important mountain chains...