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2700 BCE
Ancient Man Made Marvel
The Egyptian pyramid was built around this timeframe. The pyramids were created in Giza, Egypt. -
200
Ancient Engineering
The Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles -
500
The Revival begins
The Renaissance and Medieval times begin. During this time period inventions and culture became more prominent -
Jan 1, 1163
The Hunchback begins
The Notre Dame construction begins -
Jan 1, 1345
The Hunchback Lives
Notre Dame would be finished in the year 1345 and later the story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame would become famous -
Jan 1, 1382
Works of words and engineering
Mariano di Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the Renaissance Period -
Steaming Hot
The First Newcomen steam engine was installed -
Where Exactly?
The British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude. -
A chain of cotton begins
The first cotton mill opened in England -
THe WaterWorks
The water frame was created and it spun cotton using water machinery -
The Difference between a Watt and a Newcomen?Power
James Watt developed a version of an engine that could drive factory Machines -
Clearing the seeds of the problem
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin -
Steaming down a river
Robert Fulton completed 196 foot long steamboat -
Get ya Steaming Hot newspaper here
Friedrich Koeing invented a steam powered printing press -
All Aboard!
The Transcontinetal railroad was finished in 1869 in Omaha, Nebraska and ran to Sacramento, California -
Creating Sparks
Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy into electricity provided a efficient way of creating electricity -
AC
George Westinghouse Ac system becomes primary method of electrical distribution -
Radio Transmission
Guglie Marconi begins experimenting with radio transmitters to try to achieve wireless technology -
Ford Motors
Henry Ford Creates the Ford Motor Company -
First IN Flight
The Wright Brothers complete first powered flight -
The RCA
The Radio corporation of America(RCA) was formed and was an american electronics company that ram from 1919 to 1986 -
NBC
NBC ownership was split between RCA, General electricity , and Westinghouse. NBC was the first interconnected network of radio stations -
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Experimental Computers
Experimental computers are created and tested. These computers used vacuum tubes, mainly -
The Million dollar pitch
The First Univac computer was sold for $1,000,000 to the U.S. Census Agency -
Transistors
A transistors were semiconductor devices that amplified or switched electronic signals and power. they were widely used in the 60's. -
Microprocessors
The microprocessors was invented by Intel and Texas industries -
The Computer gets personal
IBM introduced the PC, Personal Computer, into the market and allowed computer to be used in homes by people -
The Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at its time. It is the world's longest twinjet -
Rebooting
Computers start to become more common in homes
