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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1868. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. TECHNICAL EDUCATION--WORKSHOP AND WORKSHOP ROUTINE. Having left school, then, the student may be said to enter upon life, after which period he ought to know that he is expected to take full advantage of all his opportunities of gaining knowledge, and not to trust to others imparting such. If he has also the opportunity of attending college after leaving school, it ought to be solely for the purpose of studying the more advanced branches of mathematics, natural philosophy, chemistry, and probably the modern languages; but we should not recommend too much time being spent at college, especially if the student is intended for any of the branches of mechanical engineering. As the technical education of an engineer is of necessity a protracted one, it is advisable, both in a mental and physical point of view, that the student of engineering should have commenced such education by the time he has reached the age of fifteen, or at the latest sixteen, years The reason of this is obvious, --the younger a man is, the more pliable he is, and the easier he is inured to hardship, which we have already shown to be so intimately connected with the study of engineering. If a young man, on the other hand, is allowed to remain at college or school until he has reached, say, the age of eighteen or twenty years, he will find it rather a difficult matter to apply his mind and strength to the study of a profession like engineering. In the first place, he has been accustomed to delicate and gentlemanly treatment--been under comparatively easy discipline, and had probably little physical exertion--his habit of life is so far formed, and it therefore becomes very up-hill work indeed to alter his course to that of a workshop-life, where his treatment is likely to be just the..


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217823944
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217823947
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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