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  2. Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer - Wikipedia

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    Following the Obligation, the Iron Ring is placed on the little finger of the working hand, [3] and is worn by the engineer as a symbol and a reminder. As originally conceived, the engineer's iron ring rubs against the drawings and paper upon which the Engineer writes and even in modern times, serves as a reminder when working on a computer.

  3. Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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    Based upon the success of the Iron Ring in Canada, a similar program was created in the United States, where the Order of the Engineer [12] was founded in 1970. The organization conducts similar ring ceremonies at a number of U.S. colleges, in which the recipient signs an "Obligation of the Engineer" [ 13 ] and receives a stainless steel ...

  4. Engineer's Ring - Wikipedia

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    An example of the stainless steel Engineer's Ring issued by the Order of the Engineer The ring is worn on the little finger of the dominant hand.. The Engineer's Ring is a ring worn by members of the Order of the Engineer, an American fellowship of engineers who must be a certified Professional Engineer or graduated from an accredited engineering program (or be within one academic year of ...

  5. Order of the Engineer - Wikipedia

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    The Order of the Engineer is an association for graduate and professional engineers in the United States that emphasizes pride and responsibility in the engineering profession. It was inspired by the success of the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer , a similar and much older Canadian ceremony, and has 245 active links (what the Order of the ...

  6. Engineering traditions in Canada - Wikipedia

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    The first Iron Ring ceremony was held at the University of Toronto in 1925, with the first rings made of "hammered iron" that Kipling called "cold". Although some say the writer used the adjective because the structural material did not forgive the mistakes of engineers working in it, another poem of his puts it in a different and more positive ...

  7. How to Watch All 'The Lord of the Rings' Movies In Order - AOL

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    Holding the ability to restore the Dark Lord Sauron's full power, Frodo and his band of comrades must destroy the Ring in order to protect the fate of Middle-earth. However, they'll need to travel ...

  8. The Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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    The Iron Ring is a 1997 fantasy novel for children by American author Lloyd Alexander. It features a young king Tamar who leaves Sundari Palace on a quest in a land of humans and talking animals, which are inspired by Indian mythology. The caste system of India is one ground for conflict in the novel.

  9. Iron Cross - Wikipedia

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    War flag of Prussia (1816). The Black Cross (Schwarzes Kreuz) is the emblem used by the Prussian Army and Germany's army from 1871 to the present.It was designed on the occasion of the German Campaign of 1813, when Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia commissioned the Iron Cross as the first military decoration open to all ranks, including enlisted men.