Conservation of Natural Resources
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Excerpt from Conservation of Natural Resources: Meeting of Engineers, March 24th, 1909 I am very sorry to say, Ladies and Gentlemen, that I am a substitute. Mr. Bates, President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, wishes to express his regret, regret that I know you all appreciate, that sickness at home obliges him to be absent. I can only feel confusion at having to fill his chair, and yet not fill his place. It is a, pleasure to us all as engineers of different schools to meet in a common cause, for it brings home the proof of our mutual dependence. Every advance in technical science and practice is made through the co-operation of two or more of the branches of the engineering fraternities. The miner and metallurgist are always more or less helpless without the aid of the mechanical engineer, and now both must call in the electrical engineer to their assistance if engaged in work of any magnitude. In one endeavor, however, we are all united, that is, in trying to utilize to the utmost Nature´s resources; for our business is to handle Nature´s raw material, and convert it into more or less refined and specialized compounds and forms. In so doing, we are learning more and more how to avail ourselves of Nature´s forces. By the very virtue of our work as we study the properties of matter, we are driven to employ as little material and as little energy - whether our own or Nature´s - as will serve our purpose, if for no other reason than that both material and energy cost money. Ever since the great revival of industry, therefore, three-quarters of a century ago, engineers, whether mining, metallurgical, civil or mechanical, have combined in using their best skill and most competent efforts in the direction of saving - not of wasting. That they have not succeeded in reaching the ultimate consummation of recovering everything and losing nothing is not their fault. They have, however, always seen a practical goal ahead of them, and their efforts have been unanimous and strong to reach it. I have said that some or all branches of the Engineering Profession have had to combine to attain even the success which has been as yet reached. Take what might be considered a purely metallurgical problem such as that which Sir Henry Bessemer succeeded in solving when he perfected the pneumatic method of making steel. The chemical and metallurgical principles involved had been thoroughly understood. It was only by bringing his mechanical knowledge, skill, and ingenuity to bear upon his experiments that he succeeded where others failed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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