...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...

...before Henry Palmer and Thomas Tredgold in 1828 — even Aristotle had a go! We all remember Tredgold's 'the Art of directing the great sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of Man etc.' but how many recall that other part of our Charter, '. . . calls for a high degree of professional...

...define the term "civil engineering," he gave an answer engineers still quote: "Civil Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man. . . . The most important object of Civil Engineering is to improve the means of production and of traffic...

...reasons for this book. Thomas Tredgold's classic 1828 definition still appears apt: "engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man."6 I would let the reader consider the development of engineering and draw his or her conclusions....

...6 ft to over 16 ft and Sir John Purser Griffith was given to remark that this was 'a noble example of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man'. GRIFHTH JP The improvement of the bar of Dublin Harbour by artificial scour. Min. Proc. Instn Civ....

...Engineers On the Threshold (pp. 1089, 1091) Volume 179, Part I, 1964-65 Tredgold, Thomas [Engineering] 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...

...phrase goes, while they pursued to the utmost of their abilities, and most ably for their day, that "art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man," which constitutes the profession of the civil engineer. After describing in great detail the construction...

...Mrs. Moore. **l Listening 4: Civil Engineering Civil engineering is claimed to be an art. It directs the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man. Civil engineers have been playing an enormous part in pioneering work and in developing wide areas...

...the establishment in 1828 of the Institution of Civil Engineers to further 'the art of directing die Great Sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of mankind' marked the rise of a new kind of professional man. Members of these intellectual families...