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Britannica 11th

Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition

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Engineering

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-aligned
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Electricity

... 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-aligned
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Engineers, Military

... defences. In modern times, however, the application of numerous scientific and engineering devices to warfare has resulted in the creation of many minor branches of military engineering, some of them almost rivalling in importance their primary duty of fortif ...

Vol. 9, pp. 406-407 · ocr-imported-page-aligned
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Telegraph

... and set up powerful oscillations in a multiple antenna. The special electrical engineering arrangements employed at the outset for this first electric wave power station required to create the oscillations of the desired power were designed for Marconi by J. ...

Vol. 26, pp. 510-540 · ocr-imported-page-aligned
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Texas

... 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-aligned
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Theatre

... ustria the stage carpenter is already being replaced in most theatres by men of engineering or technical training, as the more complex arrangements of a modern stage demand intelligent and careful control. It is merely a question of time for the engineer to ob ...

Vol. 26, pp. 729-738 · ocr-imported-page-aligned
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United States

... caragua in 1884, no real progress was made, and the French company, defeated by engineering and sanitary difficulties, failed at the close of 1888. 380. Meantime, for a few months, Elaine, as secretary of state under President Garfield, began a vigorous foreig ...

Vol. 27, pp. 612-735 · ocr-imported-page-aligned
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