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The Intended Engineering College

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You were good enough to publish in NATURE for the 18th of last month, a letter in which I stated what appear to me to be serious objections to the foundation by the Government of a special college for the education of engineers for the Indian Service. Last week's NATURE contains a letter on the same subject from Mr. W. Mattieu Williams, to which I certainly should not think it needful to reply if my personal opinions only were the subject of discussion; but, as the matter on which I ventured to address you is one of public importance, and was treated by me as such, I must ask you to insert a few additional remarks.

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FOSTER, G. The Intended Engineering College. Nature 2, 374 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002374c0

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