<P> The origin of the concept of `` state of the art '' took place in the beginning of the twentieth century . The earliest use of the term `` state of the art '' documented by the Oxford English Dictionary dates back to 1910 , from an engineering manual by Henry Harrison Suplee ( 1856 - post 1943 ) , an engineering graduate ( University of Pennsylvania , 1876 ) , titled Gas Turbine : progress in the design and construction of turbines operated by gases of combustion . The relevant passage reads : `` In the present state of the art this is all that can be done '' . The term , `` art '' , itself refers to the useful arts , skills and methods relating to practical subjects such as manufacture and craftsmanship , rather than in the sense of the performing arts and the fine arts . </P>
<P> The origin of the concept of `` state of the art '' took place in the beginning of the twentieth century . The earliest use of the term `` state of the art '' documented by the Oxford English Dictionary dates back to 1910 , from an engineering manual by Henry Harrison Suplee ( 1856 - post 1943 ) , an engineering graduate ( University of Pennsylvania , 1876 ) , titled Gas Turbine : progress in the design and construction of turbines operated by gases of combustion . The relevant passage reads : `` In the present state of the art this is all that can be done '' . The term , `` art '' , itself refers to the useful arts , skills and methods relating to practical subjects such as manufacture and craftsmanship , rather than in the sense of the performing arts and the fine arts . </P>
where did the term state of the art come from
where did the term state of the art come from
back to 1910 , from an engineering manual by Henry Harrison Suplee
back to 1910 , from an engineering manual by Henry Harrison Suplee