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The History of Engineering

  • 2700 BCE

    Egyptian Pyramids

    Egyptian Pyramids
    Egyptian pyramids have begun to start building.
  • 200 BCE

    Roman Road System

    Roman Road System
    Romans built a road system that was 44,000 miles long.
  • Period: 500 to

    Medieval and Renaissance Periods

    This is the time span of the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1163 to Jan 1, 1345

    Notre Dame de Paris

    The Notre Dame de Paris was being built during this time period.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1382 to Jan 1, 1458

    Books of Drawings of Mechanical Devices

    Mariano di Iacopo known as Tacola created to books of drawings of mechanical devices.
  • Jan 1, 1420

    Wooden Type

    Wooden Type
    The wooden type was used.
  • Jan 1, 1426

    Cast Metal Letters

    Cast Metal Letters
    Gutenberg began printing with individual cast metal letters.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1451 to Jan 1, 1506

    Christopher Columbus

    Ocean from Europe, exploration, caravel, and carrocks, Christopher Columbus
  • Engineering

    Engineering
    The meaning of engineering was established.
  • Period: to

    Steam Engine

    The first steam engine was invented by Newcomen and John Calley.
  • Period: to

    Accurate-Timed Clocks

    The first couple of clocks were developed to have accurate time under certain conditions/climates by John Harrison which won the Longitude Prize. This dock was known as the "grasshopper escapement".
  • Period: to

    Water Frame

    The water frame was developed to use water to transform cotton into threads.
  • Period: to

    Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton was the first person to successfully develop a steamship and constructed it to be 146 feet long.
  • Period: to

    First Railroad System

    The first railroad system/first train powered by steam was developed for faster transportation.
  • Period: to

    First Telegram

    The first telegram was developed by scientists Michael Faraday and James Maxwell, who had no understanding of electricity.
  • Railroad

    Railroad
    First Transcontinental Railroad
  • Electricity

    Electricity
    First Theoretical Understanding of Electricity
  • Lightbulb

    Lightbulb
    The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison.
  • Lighting System

    Lighting System
    The fist lighting system was invented.
  • Monotip and Linotype

    Monotip and Linotype
    The Monotip and Linotype keyboard was invented.
  • Period: to

    David Sarnoff

    David Sarnoff because president of RCA which made others soon realized that radio as a broadcast medium had significant of radio.
  • AC

    AC
    AC became primary electrical distribution.
  • Plane

    Plane
    First controllable plane.
  • Ford

    Ford
    Ford was introduced.
  • Car

    Car
    Almost everyone is the U.S had a car.
  • RCA

    RCA
    RCA created the first radio station.
  • Computer

    Computer
    The computer was commonly used.
  • Transistors

    Transistors
    They started make transistors.
  • Computers and Commercials

    Computers and Commercials
    Computers became commercially important.
  • RRC

    RRC
    RRC delivered first univac CPV.
  • IBM

    IBM
    IBm introduce IBM 701.
  • Integrated Circuit

    Integrated Circuit
    They made the integrated circuit.