''Engineering'' is a monthly British magazine founded in 1865. It was initially published by the Office for Publication and Advertisements and reported on developments and news in many disciplines of

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

in Britain and abroad. It is now produced and published by Media Culture PLC and has the strapline "for innovators in technology, manufacturing and management".

History

The ''Engineering'' magazine was founded in 1866 by the American engineer and locomotive designer Zerah Colburn in London as a weekly rival to '' The Engineer''. It had the subtitle "an illustrated weekly journal". Colburn had used funds provided by

Henry Bessemer Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor, whose steel-making process would become the most important technique for making steel in the nineteenth century for almost one hundred years from 1856 to 1950. He ...

, the English engineer and inventor known chiefly in connection with the

Bessemer process The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is steelmaking, removal of impurities from the iron by ox ...

for the manufacture of steel. ''Engineering'' was an instant success and soon overtook ''The Engineer'' as Colburn's writing style and wide engineering knowledge gave readers the information they needed. ''Engineering'' was initially published as an illustrated weekly magazine, edited by Zerah Colburn, with volumes published twice yearly in January and July. Volume 1 was issued 1866. It was at one time published by the

Design Council The Design Council, formerly the Council of Industrial Design, is a United Kingdom charity incorporated by Royal Charter. Its stated mission is "to champion great design that improves lives and makes things better". It was instrumental in the prom ...

, later by Gifford Welch, and is now published by Media Culture PLC of Warwick.

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Some digitised volumes at Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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