Editing Chemical engineering (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:George E Davis 2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[George E. Davis]]]]

A 1996 article cites James F. Donnelly for mentioning an 1839 reference to chemical engineering in relation to the production of [[sulfuric acid]].{{sfn|Cohen|1996|p=172}} In the same paper, however, [[George E. Davis]], an English consultant, was credited with having coined the term.{{sfn|Cohen|1996|p=174}} Davis also tried to found a Society of Chemical Engineering, but instead, it was named the [[Society of Chemical Industry]] (1881), with Davis as its first secretary.<ref name="Swindin">{{cite journal|last1=Swindin|first1=N.|title=George E. Davis memorial lecture|journal=Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers|date=1953|volume=31}}</ref><ref name="Flavell-While">{{cite news|last1=Flavell-While|first1=Claudia|title=Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World: Meet the Daddy|url=http://www.thechemicalengineer.com/~/media/Documents/TCE/Articles/2012/849/849cewctw.pdf|access-date=27 October 2016|work=The Chemical Engineer|agency=52-54|date=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028085216/http://www.thechemicalengineer.com/~/media/Documents/TCE/Articles/2012/849/849cewctw.pdf|archive-date=28 October 2016}}</ref> The ''History of Science in United States: An Encyclopedia'' puts the use of the term around 1890.{{sfn|Reynolds|2001|p=176}} "Chemical engineering", describing the use of mechanical equipment in the chemical industry, became common vocabulary in England after 1850.{{sfn|Cohen|1996|p=186}} By 1910, the profession, "chemical engineer," was already in common use in Britain and the United States.{{sfn|Perkins|2003|p=20}}