Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Engine
ENGINE (Lat. ingenium), a term which in the time of Chaucer had the meaning of " natural talent " or " ability," corresponding to the Latin from which it is derived (cf. " A man hath sapiences thre, Memorie, engin, and intellect also," Second Nun's Tale, 339); ...
Vol. 9, pp. 406-406 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEngineering
ENGINEERING, a term for the action of the verb " to engineer," which in its early uses referred specially to the operations of those who constructed engines of war and executed works intended to serve military purposes. Such military engineers were long the on ...
Vol. 9, pp. 406-406 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEngineers, Military
ENGINEERS, MILITARY. From the earliest times engineers have been employed both in the field of war and on field defences. In modern times, however, the application of numerous scientific and engineering devices to warfare has resulted in the creation of many m ...
Vol. 9, pp. 406-407 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEnghien
ENGHIEN, a town in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, lying south of Grammont. Pop. (1904) 4541. It is the centre of considerable lace, linen and cotton industries. There is a fine park outside the town belonging to the duke of Arenberg, whose ancestor, Charles
Vol. 9, pp. 406-406 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEngis
ENGIS, a cave on the banks of the Meuse near Liege, Belgium, where in 1832 Dr P. C. Schmerling found human remains in deposits belonging to the Quaternary period. Bones of the cavebear, mammoth, rhinoceros and hyena were discovered in association with parts of
Vol. 9, pp. 407-407 · ocr-imported-page-alignedAstrology
... ffarel (1601-1681), the last of the Kabbalists, did not despise astrology as an engine of government. At the birth of Louis XIV. a certain Morin de Villcfranche was placed behind a curtain to cast the nativity of the future autocrat. A generation back the astr ...
Vol. 2, pp. 795-799 · ocr-imported-page-alignedAstronomy
... uler's adumbrated method of the variation of parameters into a highly effective engine of pcrturbational research. It was especially adapted to the tracing out of " secular inequalities," or those depending upon changes in the orbital elements of the bodies af ...
Vol. 2, pp. 800-818 · ocr-imported-page-alignedElectricity
... AURORA POLARIS and MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL. The general principles of electrical engineering will be found in ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, and further details respecting the generation and use of electrical power are given in such articles as DYNAMO; MOTORS, ELECTRIC; T ...
Vol. 9, pp. 179-192 · ocr-imported-page-alignedEnergy
... the latitude of London, which is the unit of work generally adopted by British engineers,, and is called the " foot-pound." The most appropriate unit for scientific purposes is one which depends only on the fundamental units of length, mass and time, and is h ...
Vol. 9, pp. 398-405 · ocr-imported-page-alignedTelegraph
... of which orders are mechanically transmitted from the navigating bridge to the engine room, but when used without qualification it usually denotes telegraphic apparatus worked by electricity, whether the signals that express the words of the message are visua ...
Vol. 26, pp. 510-540 · ocr-imported-page-alignedTelephone
... ANGE HH » j • runf » p>^ 1 i *y < r > H'b > S^r From the Post Office Electrical Engineer' Journal. FIG. 10. — Dean Common Battery System. disadvantage that one of the conditions affecting the supply of current to any particular subscriber's circuit is the resi ...
Vol. 26, pp. 547-556 · ocr-imported-page-alignedTexas
... llege under the Morrill Act of 1862), near Bryan, which has a course in textile engineering besides the courses usually given in state agricultural and mechanical For a full discussion of this question see E. W. Townes, Quarterly the Texas State Historical Ass ...
Vol. 26, pp. 688-693 · ocr-imported-page-alignedTheatre
... ready one or two notable exceptions of men who are advancing to the position of engineers rather than carpenters. In Germany and Austria the stage carpenter is already being replaced in most theatres by men of engineering or technical training, as the more com ...
Vol. 26, pp. 729-738 · ocr-imported-page-alignedUnited States
... y small, but now largely increased, army of the United States; and its corps of engineers execute the river and harbour improvements ordered by Congress. The navy department has charge of the dockyards and vessels of war; and the post office department directs ...
Vol. 27, pp. 612-735 · ocr-imported-page-alignedVenice
... n 1180 they were set up with their present fine capitals and bases by a Lombard engineer, Niccolo de' Barattieri. The grey column is surmounted by a fine bronze Iron of Byzantine style, cast in Venice for Doge Ziani about 1178 (this was cacried off to Paris by ...
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