Origins of the factory

Whilst doing a bit of reading I discovered that the term “Factory” is actually a shortening of an older word “Manufactory” which was in use in the 1800s. The Miriam Webster dictionary states that the first known use of that

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Engineer = Ingenious

On the train up to see the fireworks in Carlisle this year I heard a chap say to his friend, you know the word Engineer that means a man who’s ingenious, it’s Latin you know. I looked it up on

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