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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF WILLIAM HENRY PREECE. CB, FRS. GIVEN 1 NOVEMBER 1898
1899
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
3,940 o u r towns, and the demand for pure air and pure water; the applications of electricit,y and the annihilation of distance; the rifling of ordnance, the improvement of explosives, and the armouring of great fighting, floating, moving machines; the enormous growth of manufactures and their distribution over the face of the earth; the pursuit of wealth, the roving propensities of our race, and the industria1 competition of nations;-have all contributed to break up our profession into
doi:10.1680/imotp.1899.19045
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