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" ... 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. "
Report of the Annual Meeting - Page 723
by British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894
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Minutes of Proceedings, Volumes 47-48

South African Institution of Civil Engineers - 1949 - 826 pages
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 9

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 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...
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Transactions, Volume 1

1836 - 492 pages
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The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, Volume 28

William Laxton - 1865 - 484 pages
...profession of a civil engineer be, as described in the charter of incorporation of the institution, "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," it might fairly be asked, what other profession played so large a part in developing the material resources...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 39

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1875 - 520 pages
...acquisition of that 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 mnn, as the means rf production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 78

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1884 - 598 pages
...THE production of electricity, and its subsequent conversion into light, is to-day another example of " directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," and, as such, falls within the category of works undertaken by the Civil Engineer. It is the purport...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 64

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1881 - 512 pages
...entrusted the design and execution of works tending, in the expressive words of our charter, to direct " the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man." Finally, let me express my thanks to the engineers and others who have kindly furnished me with information,...
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 77

Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1884 - 534 pages
...an engineer, it is enough to say that if tho province of tho engineer is " the art of directing tho great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," there have been very few men in the profession who could show a higher claim to the title. He was probably...
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The Bankers' Magazine, and Journal of the Money Market, Volume 39

1879 - 1110 pages
...acquisition of that species of knowledge which cjnstitutes 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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