The occasion has provided an opportunity for the Society to look back and survey its accomplishments, its distinguished members, and its constant dialogue -- among its members and with the American people -- concerning the role of engineering in a technological society.
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RUCE SINCLAIR is director for the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology in the University of Toronto. He is the author of Philadelphia's Philosopher Mechanics: A History of the Franklin Institute 1824-1865, which won the Dexter Prize in 1975 for the best book in the history of technology. |
