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- The Rules and Regulations issued in 1830 bore the title "Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers" for the first time, which has been its title ever since. Major Henry Watson was the first military engineer to be elected to membership in 1774.
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The membership itself generally contained the leading engineers from the military, particularly the Directors of Naval Construction, and engineering manufacturers, as well as senior consultants and contractors, engineers to the major railways and government ministries.
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The leading light of the new Society was John Smeaton who was the first engineer to describe himself as a "Civil Engineer", having coined the term to distinguish himself from the military engineers graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. [2]
The Society was the first to adopt the name ‘civil engineer’ as a new profession, as distinct from the much older calling of military engineer. Following the death of Smeaton in 1792 the Society was revived as the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers.
May 16, 2024 · The first self-styled ‘civil engineer’ – he coined the term to differentiate himself from his military counterparts – was invited to demonstrate a model of his famous construction to King George II, and in 1771 founded the Society of Civil Engineers (renamed the Smeatonian Society after his death), precursor of the Institution of Civil ...
He coined the term civil engineers to distinguish them from military engineers graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. [2] The Society was a forerunner of the Institution of Civil Engineers, established in 1818, and was renamed the Smeatonian Society
He coined the term civil engineers to distinguish them from military engineers graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The Society was a forerunner of the Institution of Civil Engineers, established in 1818, and was renamed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1830.
He coined the term civil engineers to distinguish them from military engineers graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. After his death, the Society was renamed the Smeatonian Society, and was a forerunner of the Institution of Civil Engineers, established in 1818.
