Engineering is one of the oldest profession dated back to the 1390 when scientists and specialist related it to mathematics in the design of military weapon e.g a mechanical tool called contraption(Catapult) used in war, this obsolete has been used for years to survive the old and present day military
The word engineering was gotten from the word engineer which means one who operates on an engine.
Schematic drawing of military fortification from Cyclopaedia, published 1728
The word engine is even much older was first used in 1250, was derived from the Latin word ingenium meaning “innate quality, especially mental power.
What is Engineering?
Engineering is simply the application of science, mathematical formulas analysis, understanding nature and empirical elaborate evidence to the innovation , design ,analysis, construction, adequate maintainance of machine equipment, processing, management and systems.
The field of engineering covers a broad range of specialized field in engineering
Engineering has existed since the beginning of time, even God used engineering techniques to create the world.
The first engineer know in the world today goes by the name IMHOTEP (A civil engineer ) Builder of the Step Pyramid in Egypt at about 2550 BC.
The Greek, Persian and romans carried Civil engineering (Building of notable infrastructure) to the next level.
Civil engineering emerged as a discipline in the 18th century when the first and foremost professional society of engineering was founded, civil engineers of the 18th and 19th century built structures, designed water supplies system, designed roads and linked high way network system.
England was the birth place of mechanical engineering ,The development of machine-tool industry gave tremendous impact to the study of mechanical engineering.
The increase in knowledge of electricity from Volta’s electric cell experiment of 1800 through the experiments of Michael Faraday brought great impact to the Electrical field.
The chemical engineering field field grew out from the proliferation of processes involving chemical reaction, food processing, textile e.t.c in the 19th century.
The Engineering Function
The function of an engineer for early times till now is to solve problems, the problem brought might involve qualitative or quantitative; it may require Abstract thinking, common sense or mathematical approach,
All engineering problem have scopes and manner of approach which has been proven by early scientist and engineers.
Written by : Ojinika Azubuike progress ( BNG Mechanical engineering, Fupre) A.K.A @Vanjinks
what a good topic, i love to engineener i ove math too but the pyramid is alien work haha , sana nga tao lang gummawa pero kahit sa panahon ngayun ee mahirap parin paniwalaan na tao agng gumwa nito.