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The construction of the Egyptian pyramids
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Romans built roads, aqueduct systems to provide drinking water, monuments and buildings
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Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was constructed in the time period.
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Gutenberg began printing with individually cast metal letters
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Mariano di Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the renaissance period
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Medieval Europe didn't have any advances in technology or engineering (It was characterized) But they built cathedrals & castles
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The Newcomen steam engine was installed
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The British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude.
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The first cotton mill opened in England in 1764
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The water frame spinned cotton into thread using water machinery.
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James Watt developed a version of an engine that could drive factory machines.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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Robert Fulton completed 196 foot long steamship
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Friedrich Koeing invented a steam powered printing press
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The Transcontinental Railroad was created in 1862 to 1869 Linked Omaha, Nebraska with Sacramento, Ca
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Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy from a steam engine or waterwheel into electrical energy, provided efficient methods of generating electricity (1870s)
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Thomas Edison's light system was installed in New York City
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Starting in 1892, George Westinghouse's AC system becomes primary method of electrical distribution.
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Guglie Marconi began experimenting with radio transmitters/receivers with the goal of wireless telegraphy
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Wright brothers complete the first powered flight
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Henry Ford created the Ford Motor company in 1903
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The RCA was formed (Radio Corporation of America)
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The RCA formed the NBC- The first interconnected network of radio stations
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Experimental computers are created and tested. (These computers used vacuum tubes, mainly)
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The first univac I computer was sold for over $1,000,000 to the US Consenus Agency
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Transistors were widely used in computers.
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Microprocessors invented by Intel and Texas Industries.
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IBM introduced the PC into the market
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Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at this point
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Computers became more common in homes
