tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710611656756005747.post1405170221741728438..comments2024-03-27T09:59:48.839+00:00Comments on Greenwich Industrial History: Blackheath CavernsDavid Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841234446226688028noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710611656756005747.post-48590944240586814112012-11-08T16:35:29.703+00:002012-11-08T16:35:29.703+00:00Mechanical engineers were included with civil engi...Mechanical engineers were included with civil engineers until halfway through the 19th century. The IMechE was founded in 1847 because it was only then that mechanicals thought they were different enough. Until then 'civils' were so called mainly to distinguish themselves from military engineers. So it would be quite natural for what we now call civil engineers to diversify into what we think of as the separate technology of mechanical engineering.Alan Burkitt-Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344807923068268667noreply@blogger.com