[Discuss] Engineers??

[Josiah Allen]

On 7/17/06, Jonathon Taylor <jonathon.its.never.enough at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 17/07/06, Jorge Garcìa <chilango2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Engineers didn't exist in the medieval times as there weren't any
> engines.
> > > Structural engineers back then were called Masons
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> > >Please file that in the bug-tracker as a Text Error or it's equivalent.
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> > What about siege engines?
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> Nope?
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I would disagree...  for example, windmills, clocks, and other gear
related engines existed.  Not to mention early fireworks.  Engineer is
derived from 'ingenious', and wasn't originally held to any particular
craft.  The word engine came from that, not vice versa.

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