Membership Classes
There were originally three classes of membership:
- Real Engineers actually employed as such
- "Men of science and gentlemen of rank and fortune who have applied their minds to ... Civil Engineering".
- "Various artists whose professions and employments are necessary and useful to ... Civil Engineering".
Read more about this topic: Smeatonian Society Of Civil Engineers
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