Providing our design engineering services as we do, we expect to be closely 'studied' by whomever is paying us to ensure that we are doing what we are being asked and keeping up with deadlines. It is a natural part of the job of a design engineer to experience critical examination and have everything you do put under the microscope, so to speak.
Working as we do and coping with lots of data, thankfully with the aid of CAD technology, which is developing all the time, it helps me and my fellow engineer colleagues, to look closely at the detail.
Looking back on past inventors I recently read about Robert Hooke. Known as
the “English Father of Microscopy” he was interested in designing scientific
instruments and built a compound microscope in the mid 17th century. He
apparently had a natural ability with mechanical instruments and like modern
day engineers, worked on improving their design and capabilities.
https://microscope-microscope.org/microscope-info/microscope-history/
Hooke used his microscope to observe the smallest, previously hidden details
of the natural world.
https://www.famousscientists.org/robert-hooke/
We may not be living
in the Enlightenment or Age of Reason period now, but it’s certainly an
interesting profession to be involved in, as you never know what new
advances or discoveries are going to be made in science and technology.
