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History of Engineering

  • Sep 19, 1475

    Arquebus Invented

    Arquebus Invented
    First gun invented that required only one man and was hand held
  • First Battery

    First Battery
    Alessandro Volta invented the galvanic cell, the battery.
  • Camera

    Camera
    Joseph Nicephore Niepce took the first permanent camera image in 1826. Cameras had been around as camera obscura since 500 BC but never allowed a permanent image. Cameras had come a long way and have made media what it is today.
  • Telephone Invented

    Telephone Invented
    Invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Used voice transmission over a wire. Telephone transmits and receives sounds.
  • First Flight by Wright Brothers

    First Flight by Wright Brothers
    Wright brothers finally perform their first two flights with a powered airplane
  • Plastic Invented

    Plastic Invented
    Was invented by Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1909. Made up of organic condensation. Is commercially used and very important and useful to people all over the world in many ways.
  • Penicillin Discovered

    Penicillin Discovered
    Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Flemming. It changed medicine forever and antibiotics are now used for many ailments.
  • Mcdonalds

    Mcdonalds
    Mcdonalds is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. They get sued by the obese for the obese's poor eating habits. They also, surprisingly, happen to have the healthiest food choices of any fast food restaurant if one chooses from these healthy alternatives.
  • Computer Invented

    Computer Invented
    Digital computers were first invented between 1940-1945 and were the size of a large room and took the same power it would take to power hundreds of modern PCs. Once the transistor was invented, computers began to advance very rapidly and decrease in size and power but increasing abilities and speed. The modern world is nearly run by computers from sewage systems to the stock market.
  • Atomic Bomb First Detination

    Atomic Bomb First Detination
    The First Nuclear test released an equivalent of 19 kilotons of TNT- Far more than any other weapon. Tested at in the desert north of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The atomic Bomb changed warfare forever.
  • Internet Created

    Internet Created
    From 1973 on, the internet began to form into what it is today
  • Navigational Compass

    Navigational Compass
    The navigational compass was first invented by the Chinese between 850 and 1050. The compass allowed people to navigate much more easily as they always knew which direction they were heading.