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RE: The Origins of Techwriting (WAS:Re: Techwr-1 polls)
Subject:RE: The Origins of Techwriting (WAS:Re: Techwr-1 polls) From:"Curtis Brautigam" <curtisb -at- nurserysupplies -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:37:34 -0500
I think it would be an interesting project for someone do a history of
technical writing. While it seems that technical writing as a profession is
a rather recent phenomenon, technical writing has been around for a long
time (since the beginning of humanity). I am sure that the early ancient
civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China) had technical writing. In
fact, the Bible contains technical writing, with the text giving clear
building specifications:
Noah and the Ark: Genesis 6: 14-16
The Tabernacle: Exodus 25 to 28, 30: 1-6
Whether you believe in the Bible or not, these passages are great reading
when it comes to technical writing. I wonder if any of the Greek and Roman
classics contain technical writing.
Another more recent example of technical writing that I can think of is the
"Encyclopedia" written by the French Enlightenment philosophes (Diderot,
d'Alembert, etc.). It also contains a lot of engineering, scientific, and
technical writing.
Curtis R. Brautigam
Technical Writer
Nursery Supplies, Inc.
Chambersburg, PA.
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