 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1845 - 448 pages
...deficiencies ; I must therefore throw myself upon your indulgence, and endeavour to make up by zeal aud assiduity where otherwise I may be found wanting....to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine — the locomotive engine — to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1845 - 518 pages
...advantage to the Institution and such credit to himself, and whose universal kindness and urbaniiy have rendered him so deservedly popular amongst you...to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine — the locomotive engine — to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space... | |
 | English essays - 1845 - 732 pages
...for the honour conferred upon him, and paying a well-merited compliment to Mr. Walker, he remarked, "When we look around us, and see the vast strides...without the slightest disparagement of the pursuits and duties of other professions, I may confidently ask where can we find nobler or more elevated pursuits... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1845 - 970 pages
...well-merited compliment to Mr. Walker, he remarked, "When we look around us, and see the vast stridfs which our profession is making on every side, and...without the slightest disparagement of the pursuits and duties of other professions, I may confidently ask where can we find nobler or more elevated pursuits... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1845 - 472 pages
...ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM. around ui and see the vast utridee which our profession is making on every aide, and the deservedly high place it holds in public estimation, we cannot hut feel justly proud ; for, without the slightest disparagement to the pursuits or duties of other... | |
 | William Newton - 1846 - 528 pages
...benefit of the Institution, having been repeatedly urged by the leading members of the profession, as to the necessity of carrying this principle into effect,...to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine, the locomotive engine, to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space and... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1846 - 528 pages
...benefit of the Institution, having been repeatedly urged by the leading members of the profession, as to the necessity of carrying this principle into effect,...to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine, the locomotive engine, to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space and... | |
 | William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington - Industrial arts - 1846 - 530 pages
...benefit of the Institution, having been repeatedly urged by the leading members of the profession, as to the necessity of carrying this principle into effect,...to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine, the locomotive engine, to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space and... | |
 | 1845 - 472 pages
...the objects of the institution, and to promote its prosperity. He then proceeded in these words, " When we look around us and see the vast strides which...justly proud ; for, without the slightest disparagement to the pursuits or duties of other professions, I may confidently ask, where can we find nobler or... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - Civil engineering - 1845 - 510 pages
...Walker, who has filled this chair for so long a period, with such advantage to the Institution and nich credit to himself, and whose universal kindness and...to form a railway, and by means of that wonderful machine — the locomotive engine — to bring nations together, annihilating, as it were, both space... | |
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I have only to regret that you had not selected a more competent individual than myself; for in succeeding your late distinguished President, Mr. Walker, who has filled this chair for so long a period with such advantage to the Institution and such credit... 