engine turning

A system of ornamental turning done by means of a rose-engine lathe, and commonly seen on the outside of watch-cases. ěn-gine, v. t. [ENGINE, s.] English period, whenever extensive drainage or waterworks were undertaken, recourse was generally had to the Dutch. The case is very different now. A demand for this profe ion has been created in this country of late years by the extraordinary development of our system of internal communication, as well as by the application of steam to the purposes of our manufactures. A Civil Engineer should have such a knowledge of mathematics as will enable him to investigate as well as to apply the rules laid down by writers on those branches of the mixed sciences to which his attention will most frequently be drawn. He should be well acquainted the principles of mechanics, hydraulics, and indeed with all the branches of natural philosophy. He should be able to draw neatly, and should understand the principles of projection upon which all engineering drawings are constructed. To the Civil Engineer proper belongs the construction of roads, bridges, railways, canals, harbors, and drainage works. The duties being thus so extensive, many members of the profe ion devote themselves to one or other of the subdivisions of the branch. Thus we have gas-engineers, sanitary-engineers, and others, the nature of whose duties is sufficiently explained by their titles. The Mechanical Engineer is one who is efficient in the invention, contrivance, and adjustment of all kinds of machinery; who is acquainted with the *1. To torture by means of or in an engine; to rack. strength and quality of the material used, and also IMG:content-0999.png:[blocks in formation] I. Ordinary Language : *1. A person of genius or ingenuity. "He is a good engineer that alone can make an instrument to get preferment."-Burton: Anatomy of Melan choly , p. 134. *2. One who has the management of, and understands the working of engines of war. "The Amyral made his engyncour the engyns to sette and bend." Sir Ferumbras, 322. 3. In the same sense as II. "It may not throw its waters into so great a variety of forms as the artificial fountain of the engineer ." -Knox : Winter Evenings, Even. 3. 4. One who manages or attends to an engine; an engine driver. 5. One who manages or carries through any busine or enterprise. "Proceeded on with no le art, My tongue was engineer ." Suckling: 'Tis Now. II. One who is skilled in either of the branches of po e es a thorough knowledge of the power of steam and of the engine in all its modifications, and the uses to which this motive power is applied: he should also be duly acquainted with mill-work of the several kinds, whether impelled by steam, water, or wind. ěn-gin-er-, *en-gin-rye, *en-gin-ry, s . [Eng. eng in(e); -ery.] 1. The act or art of managing engines of war. "They may descend in mathematics to fortification, architecture, enginery , or navigation."- Milton : On Edu IMG:content-1000.png:[blocks in formation] "All the dreadful enginery of heaven seemed collecting its forces."-Mrs. Carter: Letters , iv. 223. 4. Artful contrivances or devices; machinations. "The fraudful enginery of Rome."-Shenstone. 5. Mechanism, machinery, internal structure or arrangement. "The enginery of the English language is too near for distinct vision." -Marsh : Lect. on Eng. Language. *ěn'-gin-oŭs, *in-gin-ous, a. [Lat. ingeniosus .] 1. Of or pertaining to an engine. 2. Ingenious, inventive, clever, skillful. en-gird', v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. gird (q. v.).] To encircle, to surround, to encompa . en-gir'-dle, v. t. & i. [Pref. en, and Eng. girdle engineering, military, mechanical, or civil. [EN- (q. v.).] GINEERING,]