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Ocean engineering is generally considered to be concerned with studies on the effects of the ocean on the land and with the design, construction and operation of vehicles, structures and systems for use in the ocean or marine environment. The practice of engineering differs from that of science in both motivations and objectives. Science seeks understanding of the principles of nature in terms of generalizations expressed as laws and classifications. Engineering seeks the application of knowledge of the physical and natural world to produce a benefit expressed as a device, system, material, and/or process. From the standpoint of the financial sponsors of an engineering project, the ideal app...
Adam Zehner, of Swiss lineage, was born in 1726 in Germany and immigrated in 1754 to Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He married Maria Mertz, and in 1767 moved to Northampton (now Schuylkill) Co. He served in the Revolutionary War, and died in 1809. Descendants and relatives lived in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Idaho, North Dakota, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Alabama, Montana, Canada and elsewhere.