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.
This opened up the rest of the St. Lawrence River to explorers, traders, and settlers. In August of 1615, Champlain reached Lake Huron, and, like Cartier, believed this to be a western route to Asia. After these discoveries Champlain and his wife permanently moved to Quebec where Champlain died on Christmas Day, 1635. Champlain's Routes. La Salle was born in 1643 and journeyed to New France in 1667. Unlike Cartier and Champlain, La Salle was not royally commissioned to sail.