在这样的地址中对这些的简要引用可能会证明有趣而有启发性。但是，在我选择的主题方面，有一个更广泛的目的。相当三十多年前，欧文学院（现为曼彻斯特大学）的已故奥斯本雷诺（Osborne Reynolds）教授开始向土木工程专业的学生讲授一系列讲座，告诉他们这一职业比其他职业具有一个巨大的优势，就是其实践的例子可以看到和研究而没有让或障碍；他们向公众关注。但是，作为Studen＆，对于所有值得这个名字的工程师，我们都会问，我们应该在哪里最有利地指导我们的目光？可以证明，这个地址中最不帮助的部分是有助于回答这个问题的地址。哈里·杰克逊
总统，J。MitchellMoncrieff上校，C.B.E.这次会议是他本人参加了很长时间的最有趣的会议之一，这不仅是由于所显示的非常好的照片，而且由于Bossom先生的非常明智的言论以及他的娱乐性和有趣的助手而出现的原因。
主席艾瓦特·安德鲁斯先生提出了一个签证官te of thanks to the author for his paper and for the interesting illustrations he had exhibited, said that the papers usually presented to the members of the Institution were of the type which described particular works or which dealt with some theoretical aspect of the science of structural engineering, but he personally was delighted that the Institution was able occasionally to provide facilities for the reading of a paper dealing with the history of the subject. There was great danger of forgetting what had been done in the past, but there was a great deal to be learned from the records of past work; they were of very great educiational value, and he had not the slightest doubt that Mr. Scott had derived great pleasure from the necessary researches he had made in the course of the preparation of the paper.
It is primarily to the Structural Engineer that England has to look if she expects to make a real reduction in the cost of construcion. Alfred Bossom