DEDICATED 



TO 



SaDf Garnet, 



PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 



THAT DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE PROFESSION OF ENGINEERING 



WHOSE WHOLE LlFE HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HIS 



PROFESSION AND TO HIS COUNTRY ; 



AND WHO, ELEVATED TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE WITHIN THE GIFT OF THE 



FRENCH NATION, 



HAS PROVEN BY THE QUIET DIGNITY AND THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH 

 HE HAS PERFORMED HIS AUGUST DUTIES THAT HE IS 



A WORTHY MEMBER OF A NOBLE FAMILY, 

 ALREADY RENDERED FAMOUS BY AN EARLIER SADI CARNOT, 



NOW IMMORTAL IN THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE, 



AND IS HIMSELF DESERVING OF ENROLMENT IN A LIST OF GREAT MEN 



WHICH INCLUDES THAT OTHER DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER, 



OUR OWN FIRST PRESIDENT, 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



