Engineering History

  • 2700 BCE

    Egyptian achievments

    The Egyptian Pyramids were built
  • 200

    Roman's achievments

    The Romans built a road system that was 44,000 miles as well as drinking water.
  • 500

    Medieval/Renascence period

    The medieval and renascence periods lasted til 500 to 1600 AD while inventions were being created
  • Aug 14, 1163

    Paris

    The Notre Dame at Paris was being built
  • Oct 24, 1382

    Mariano

    Mariano
    Mariano at Iacquo known as Tucuman created two books in which ended in 1458
  • Jan 3, 1420

    wooden materials

    wooden materials
    Wooden Axes were being used at the time
  • Mar 10, 1451

    Ocean in a location

    Ocean in a location
    Ocean from Europe, exportation, Caravel, and Carrocks, Christopher in which ended in 1506
  • Engineering

    Engineering
    The meaning of Engineering was established
  • Steam Engine

    The First steam engine was developed by Newcomen and John Galley in 1650 through 1715
  • Clocks developement

    The first couple of clocks were developed to have accurate time under certain conditions/climates by John Harrison which won the longitude prize. This clock was known as the " Grasshopper escapement" 1693 to 1776
  • Water frame developement

    The Water frame was developed to use water to transform cotton into threads 1733 to 1792
  • Constructed Steamship

    Robert Fulton was the first person to successfully develop a steamship and constructed it to be 146 feet long. 1765 to 1815
  • The Railroad System

    The first railroad system/ first train powered by steam was developed for faster transportation. 1771 to 1833
  • The first telegram

    The first Telegram was developed by scientists Michael Faraday and James Maxwell, who had an understanding of electricity. 1791 to 1879
  • The First lightbulb

    The first light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison, who also had a theoretical understanding of electricity. 1847 to 1931
  • Railroads

    First Transcontinental Railroad. From 1862 to 1869
  • Understanding of Electricity

    The first theoretical understanding of Electricity
  • Lightbulb

    The light bulb was enhanced or innovated
  • Lighting

    The first lighting system developed
  • Monotype and Linotype

    The Monotype and Linotype was developed
  • RCA broadcast radio

    David Sarnoff became president of RCA which made others soon realize that radio as a broadcast medium has significant of radios
  • AC

    The AC became primary electrical distribution
  • Plane Control

    the first controlled plane established
  • Ford

    Ford was introduced
  • Cars

    almost everyone in the US had a car
  • RCA Radio station

    RCA created the first radio station.
  • computers

    Computers were established
  • Computers

    They started creating computers.
  • Transistors

    They started creating transistors
  • computers importance

    computers were commercially important over time
  • CRV

    Experimental CRV became commercialy important
  • CPV UNIVAC

    RRC delivered the first Univac CPV
  • IBM

    Introduced the IBM 701
  • Circut

    They made the intergraded circut