Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910

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Author: Bensel, J. A. (John Anderson),1863-
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910

€6,27

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910

€6,27
Author: Bensel, J. A. (John Anderson),1863-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 - Address at the 42d Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, June 21st, 1910, Paper No. 1178

I know that to some of my audience a satisfactory address at a summer convention would be like that which many people regard as a satisfactory sermonsomething soothing and convincing, to the effect that you are not as other men are, but better. While I appreciate very fully, however, the honor of being able to address you, I am going to look trouble in the face in an effort to convince you that, in spite of great individual achievements, engineers are behind other professional men in professional spirit, and particularly in collective effort. Whether this, if true, is due to our extreme youth as a profession, or our extreme age, is dependent upon the point of view; but I think it is a fact that will be admitted by all that engineers have not as yet done much for their profession, even if they have done considerable for the world at large. Looking backward, our calling may properly be considered the oldest in the world. It is older, in fact, than history itself, for man did not begin to separate from the main part of animal creation, until he began to direct the sources of power in Nature for the benefit, if not always for the improvement, of his particular kind. In Bible history, we find early mention of the first builder of a pontoon. This creditable performance is especially noted, and the name of the party principally concerned prominently mentioned. The same thing cannot be said of the unsuccessful attempt at the building of the first sky-scraper, [465] for here the architect, with unusual modesty, has not given history his name, this omission being possibly due to the fact that the building was unsuccessful. If an engineer was employed on this particular undertaking, the architect had, even at that early stage of his profession, learned the lesson of keeping all except his own end of the work in the background. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 18795
Author: Bensel, J. A. (John Anderson)
Release Date: Jul 8, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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