engineering

Lincoln the Lawyer

Lincoln the Lawyer is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lincoln the Lawyer rather than just read about it. In short: Lincoln the Lawyer, also known as The Young Circuit Lawyer, Young Lincoln or simply Abraham Lincoln, is a Lorado Taft sculpture now located on the 1000 block of Race Street, Urbana, Illinois, across from Urbana High School in Carle Park. The statue was dedicated by Taft on July 3, 1927.

Key takeaways

Lincoln the Lawyer belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lincoln the Lawyer to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lincoln the Lawyer from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lincoln the Lawyer, also known as The Young Circuit Lawyer, Young Lincoln or simply Abraham Lincoln, is a Lorado Taft sculpture now located on the 1000 block of Race Street, Urbana, Illinois, across from Urbana High School in Carle Park. The statue was dedicated by Taft on July 3, 1927. It was moved to the eastern entrance of Carle Park on December 4, 1927, when it was first placed on a pedestal facing due east. Taft requested a slightly different placement, facing southeast, and the statue was moved about 20 feet north to the present site in December 1955. It was restored in 2003, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 2004. Lincoln had ridden as a circuit lawyer on the 8th Judicial Circuit through Urbana from 1837 to 1848. The statue was paid for by a bequest of Mrs. J.O. Cunningham who, with her husband, had been friends of Lincoln since his time as a circuit lawyer. The bequest of $10,000 was funded by the sale of her house on nearby Green Street. This amount was less than half of Taft's usual commission for work in bronze, but he may have accepted the commission because of his close ties to the community. He had been raised in nearby Champaign.

See also List of statues of Abraham Lincoln List of sculptures of presidents of the United States

References

External links

Lincoln the Lawyer, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lincoln the Lawyer

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lincoln the Lawyer claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lincoln the Lawyer before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lincoln the Lawyer ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lincoln the Lawyer

In research: Lincoln the Lawyer appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lincoln the Lawyer in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lincoln the Lawyer is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1927 establishments in Illinois, 1927 sculptures, Bronze sculptures in Illinois, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lincoln the Lawyer outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lincoln the Lawyer in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lincoln the Lawyer means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Lincoln the Lawyer out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lincoln the Lawyer in simple terms?

Why does Lincoln the Lawyer matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lincoln the Lawyer?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lincoln the Lawyer.