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Period: 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE
Egyptian Pyramids
were built. -
200
Road System
The Roman's built a road system that was 44,000 miles. As well as drinking water. -
Period: 500 to
Medieval and Renaissance
The Medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe span lasted this long. -
Jan 1, 1163
Mate Dame de Paris
was being built -
Jan 1, 1420
Wooden Type
was being used -
Meaning of Engineering
was established -
Period: to
Steam engine
The first steam engine was developed by Newcomen and John Calley. -
Period: to
Clock (Grasshopper Escapement)
The first clocks were developed to have accurate time under certain condition/climates by John Harrison which won the Long Prize. -
Board of Longitiude
The British parliament passed legislation that created this -
Period: to
Water Frame
The water frame was developed to use water to transform cotton into threads. -
Cotton Mill
The first cotton mill opened in England -
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Steamship
Robert Fulton was the first person to successfully develop a steamship and constructed it to be 146 ft long. -
Water Machinery
A water frame spinned into thread using water machinery -
Period: to
Railroad System
The first railroad system/ first train powered by steam developed for faster transportation. -
Factory Machine Engines
James Watt developed a version of an engine that could drive factory machines. -
Period: to
Telegram
The first telegram was developed by scientists Micheal Faraday and James Maxwell, who had an understanding of of electricity. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented it -
Steam Powered Printing Press
Was invented by Friedrich Koeing -
Period: to
Light bulb
The first light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison who had a theoretical understanding of electricity. -
Period: to
Transcontinental Railroad
Was created -
Understanding of Electricity
The first theoretical understanding of electricity -
1st Lighting System
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Monotip & Linotype
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Period: to
David Sarnoff
He became the president of RCA which made others soon realize that radio as a broadcast medium had a significance. -
Air Condition
AC became the primary electrical distribution. -
1st Controlled Plane
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Ford
Ford was introduced. -
Cars
Almost everyone in the United States had a car. -
RCA
RCA created the first radio station -
Computers
They started making computers -
Transitors
They started making transitors. -
Experimental CRV
Became commercially important -
Computers
They were commercially important -
RRC
delivered the first UNIVAC CPV. -
IBM 701
IBM introduced IBM 701 -
Integrated circuit
The integrated circuit was made.