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...Leonardo da Vinci, the man, artist and military engineer" is the subject chosen for his lecture by John W. Lieb, vice-president of the New York Edison Company and president of the Electrical Testing Laboratories. He will speak at 8 o'clock this evening at the Fogg Art Museum under the auspices of the University Engineering Society. Mr. Lieb has a very representative collection of slides pertaining to the works and replicas of Leonardo da Vinci with which he will illustrate his lecture...
...John W. Lieb will speak at the Fogg Art Museum Thursday at 8 o'clock on "Leonardo da Vinci", with special reference to him as a man, an artist and as a military engineer. He will illustrate his lecture with many representative slides of his works and also of some of the modern replicas, showing the differences between the originals and those of imitators who lacked the genius of the great master. Mr. Lieb, although essentially an electrical engineer, has made an extensive study of Leonardo and his period. He comes to the University at the invitation of the University...
...Lieb gained international fame as an engineer through his research and developments in the general field of municipal utilization of electricity. He made many tests and experiments in the first electrical station in the United States, the Pearl Street Station in New York city, supplying current for incandescent lighting and power from an undergound system. This system he has installed in many cities in the country and also in Milan, Italy, for the Italian Edison Company. He is now back in New York as vice-president of the New York Edison Company and president of the Electrical Testing Laboratories...
Before the lecture a dinner will be given in Mr. Lieb's honor at the Harvard Club at which Dean Hughes of the Engineering School will preside...
Among the other prominent men who will speak during the year are C. W. Lieb. Major-General Parker and Frank Gilbreth, the leading efficiency expert of the country. The meetings will be held every two weeks this Fall, beginning with October 11. At the conclusion of each meeting there will be motion pictures and a smoker...