Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Engineering history and engineering heritage
- In
- Engineering Conference 1981: Engineering in 1981; Supplementary
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1981, pp. 49-54
- Abstract
The recognition of the engineering heritage draws attention to the ever present influence of the past, and should remind us of the value of understanding the past, in order the better to tackle the problems of today and the future. It is on this historical significance of the engineering heritage that I would like to focus attention. For not only is the surviving heritage the physical evidence of past engineering achievements, it also helps to elucidate the history of engineering, and increases its interpretive power in our understanding of what our society is and where it is going.
- Source
- ASBS07090