. Factory and industrial management. and that theworld will be reconciled to it-—unjesthetic and utilitarian as it mayappear at the present time. The profession of electrical engineering which now plays a prom-inent part in human afifairs and numbers many followers, may justlyclaim Lord Kelvin as its father. Although telegraph lines had beenlaid on land by others, he was the first to undertake the applicationof electricity on a scale and of a character that could properly class itas a branch of engineering. It is a fact also that the type of men andthe methods employed in electrical engineerin
. Factory and industrial management. and that theworld will be reconciled to it-—unjesthetic and utilitarian as it mayappear at the present time. The profession of electrical engineering which now plays a prom-inent part in human afifairs and numbers many followers, may justlyclaim Lord Kelvin as its father. Although telegraph lines had beenlaid on land by others, he was the first to undertake the applicationof electricity on a scale and of a character that could properly class itas a branch of engineering. It is a fact also that the type of men andthe methods employed in electrical engineering have followed closelyalong the lines laid down by him. The application of accurate mathe-matical calculations and refined physical measurements to everydaypractical problems is characteristic of his work as well as of this branchof technology. It is a most fortunate fact that a great leader the genius and training was found when needed, so that cor-rect conceptions and methods were introduced at the verv
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