Michigan Engineers' Annual Containing the Proceedings of the Michigan Engineering Society, Volume 38, Issue 11920 |
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... gives assurance of long and worthy service because each brick is a guaranteed service unit , complete and finished before it is laid . National PAVING BRICK Manufacturers ' Association 827 Engineers Building Cleveland , Ohio G The K & E ...
... gives assurance of long and worthy service because each brick is a guaranteed service unit , complete and finished before it is laid . National PAVING BRICK Manufacturers ' Association 827 Engineers Building Cleveland , Ohio G The K & E ...
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... Give a good foothold for horses and absolutely eliminate all slipperiness on grade or level . No bulging or bleeding , as the lugs compress when the blocks expand . Kreolite Lug Wood Block Pavements are now seeing service from Canada to ...
... Give a good foothold for horses and absolutely eliminate all slipperiness on grade or level . No bulging or bleeding , as the lugs compress when the blocks expand . Kreolite Lug Wood Block Pavements are now seeing service from Canada to ...
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... furnished upon presentation of requisite data . We have ample facilities and are prepared to give prompt and efficient service . THE ELGIN LINE MOTOR DRIVEN Street Cleaning Machinery 501 Fifth. X THE MICHIGAN ENGINEER.
... furnished upon presentation of requisite data . We have ample facilities and are prepared to give prompt and efficient service . THE ELGIN LINE MOTOR DRIVEN Street Cleaning Machinery 501 Fifth. X THE MICHIGAN ENGINEER.
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... gives the greatest strength concrete , it builds a machine with individuality in each part that is designed to do the special work for which it is sold . KOEHRING MACHINE COMPANY Milwaukee , Wisconsin Represented by GOOD ROADS SUPPLY CO ...
... gives the greatest strength concrete , it builds a machine with individuality in each part that is designed to do the special work for which it is sold . KOEHRING MACHINE COMPANY Milwaukee , Wisconsin Represented by GOOD ROADS SUPPLY CO ...
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... give thought to the days ahead . What has " organization " brought to you and to me and to the Engineers in my community and throughout the State during the year just passed , and what is A. A. E. likely to accomplish for us as indi ...
... give thought to the days ahead . What has " organization " brought to you and to me and to the Engineers in my community and throughout the State during the year just passed , and what is A. A. E. likely to accomplish for us as indi ...
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Page 25 - We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 17 - On the best lines of communication the ruts were deep, the descents precipitous, and the way often such as it was hardly possible to distinguish, in the dusk, from the uninclosed heath and fen which lay on both sides.
Page 17 - At such times obstructions and quarrels were frequent, and the path was sometimes blocked up during a long time by carriers, neither of whom would break the way. It happened almost every day, that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some...
Page 17 - It happened, almost every day, that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.
Page 16 - Sociological and economic conditions are in a state of flux and are leading to new alinements of the elements of society. "These new conditions are affecting deeply the profession of engineering in its services to society, in its varied relationships to communities and nations, and in its internal organization.
Page 17 - If the most fashionable parts of the capital could be placed before us, such as they then were, we should be disgusted by their squalid appearance, and poisoned by their noisome atmosphere. In Covent Garden a filthy and noisy market was held close to the dwellings of the great. Fruit women screamed, carters fought, cabbage stalks and rotten apples accumulated in heaps...
Page 17 - The pavement was detestable: all foreigners cried shame upon it. The drainage was so bad that in rainy weather the gutters soon became torrents. Several facetious poets have commemorated the fury with which these black rivulets roared down Snow Hill and Ludgate Hill, bearing to Fleet Ditch a vast tribute of animal and vegetable filth from the stalls of butchers and green-grocers. This flood was profusely thrown to right and left by coaches and carts.
Page 25 - A profession has for its prime object the service it can render to humanity; reward or financial gain should be a subordinate consideration. The practice of medicine is a profession. In choosing this profession an individual assumes an obligation to conduct himself in accord with its ideals.
Page 17 - ... which the nation had even then attained. On the best lines of communication the ruts were deep, the descents precipitous, and the way often such as it was hardly possible to distinguish, in the dusk, from the unenclosed...
Page 24 - In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their dreams come true; who can kindle the people with the fire from their own burning souls. The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier...