home / study / engineering / mechanical engineering definitions / strength of materials. Strength of Materials, also referred to as Mechanics of Materials, looks at the behavior of materials when forces are applied to them.
De La Salle also pioneered programs for training lay teachers, Sunday classes for working young men, and one of the first institutions in France for delinquent youth. The Mission Carries On De La Salle died near Rouen on Good Friday, April 7, 1719, with 23 active communities and 100 Brothers continuing the mission he set forth. He was canonized a saint in 1900 and named the Patron Saint of Teachers in 1950.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago John S. C. Abbott. I preserve a grateful memory of this tried and trusted friend.