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Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Bonnie A. Osif
August 2011
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
600 pages
25h 45m
English
CRC Press
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History of Engineering
Nestor L. Osorio and Mary A. Osorio
INTRODUCTION, HISTORY, AND SCOPE OF DISCIPLINE
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (1989), one of the rst uses of the word engineering in
the English language dates back to 1681; in 1729, Bernard Fores de Belidor published one of the rst
books with the word engineering in the title: La Science de Ingenieures. These are two literary indi-
cations that engineering began to solidify as a distinct profession during the Industrial Revolution.
There have been continuing discussions among experts about the differences and the denitions of
science, technology, and engineering. T
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