engineering

Strickland Landis Kneass

Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass rather than just read about it. In short: Strickland Landis Kneass (July 29, 1821, in Philadelphia - January 14, 1884, in Philadelphia) was an American civil engineer, municipal surveyor, and railroad president. Kneass's father, William Kneass, was for many years engraver of the U.S.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Strickland Landis Kneass (July 29, 1821, in Philadelphia - January 14, 1884, in Philadelphia) was an American civil engineer, municipal surveyor, and railroad president. Kneass's father, William Kneass, was for many years engraver of the U.S. Mint. His older brother was civil engineer and architect Samuel Honeyman Kneass. The younger Kneass attended Rensselaer Institute, where he graduated in 1839 at the age of 18 with highest honors. After graduation, Kneass "held various surveying and engineering jobs, including the post of Principal Assistant Engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He helped conduct the preliminary surveys, and supervised construction of a section of the line, including several bridges and the Tussy Mountain Tunnel," wrote Adam Levine, a historical consultant for the Philadelphia Water Department. From 1855 until 1872, Kneass was chief engineer and surveyor of the consolidated city of Philadelphia. Among other things, he "re-designed Philadelphia's drainage system, designed new bridges to cross the Schuylkill River, and set up the extension of the City's streetcar system," according to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. His most notable work is Philadelphia's 1866 cast-iron Chestnut Street Bridge. In 1872, he became assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1880, Kneass became president of the Pennsylvania and Delaware and other railroads.

Notes

External links Norman White, his ancestors and his descendants: more bio detail on Strickland Creativity in Cast Iron: Strickland Kneass’s Chestnut Street Bridge

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Strickland Landis Kneass

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass

In research: Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass 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: Strickland Landis Kneass is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1821 births, 1884 deaths, 19th-century American civil engineers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Strickland Landis Kneass 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.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Strickland Landis Kneass” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Strickland Landis Kneass in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Strickland Landis Kneass in simple terms?

Why does Strickland Landis Kneass 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 Strickland Landis Kneass?

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 Strickland Landis Kneass.