I get the intent of the distinction. I just don't know that it has ever been as clean of a taxonomy as would be desired. Maybe we have had some solid "pure sc

I get the intent of the distinction. I just don't know that it has ever been as clean of a taxonomy as would be desired. Maybe we have had some solid "pure scientists." Largely we would label them closer to philosophers? That said, the vast majority that you know the name of, were probably employed closer to what we think of as engineers in today's parlance. Or am I off here and the likes of Feynman, Faraday, Fourier, Maxwell, etc. would not have been said to be working on engineering problems, by modern eyes? My gut is that it gets difficult as looking at things with our modern lens of corporations today makes it hard to really consider institutions of the past?