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History of Engineering

By agw
  • Pyramids
    2500 BCE

    Pyramids

    Egyptian pyramids were built
  • Romans
    200

    Romans

    Romans made the first road system that was 44000 miles.
  • Period: 500 to

    Notre Dame

    Was being built during this time period
  • Period: Jan 1, 1382 to Jan 1, 1458

    Mariano di Iacapo

    made 2 books of drawing of mechanical devices
  • Jan 1, 1425

    Wooden type

    it was being used to have carvings
  • Jan 1, 1426

    Gutenberg

    began printing
  • Period: to

    Steam Engine

    Developed by Newcomen and John Calkey
  • Period: to

    Clocks

    Developed to have time work accurately under certain conditions climate by John Harrison
  • Period: to

    Water Frame

    used to make cotton into threads
  • Period: to

    Robert Fulton

    Developed the steamship first
  • Period: to

    Early Railroad System

    powered by steam for quicker transportation
  • Period: to

    Telegram

    Was developed by scientists
  • Period: to

    First Transcontinental Railroad

  • First Theoretical Understanding of Electricity

  • Light bulb was made

    Light bulb was made

  • 1st Lighting System

    1st Lighting System

  • Monotip and Linotype

  • Period: to

    David Sarnoff

    He became president of RCA and helped people realize the importance of radios.
  • A/C Became Primary Electrical Distribution

    A/C Became Primary Electrical Distribution

  • 1st Controlled Plane

    1st Controlled Plane

  • Ford was Introduced

  • Almost all American Has a Car

  • RCA

    RCA

    They created the 1st radio station
  • Radio

    Radio

    over 600 stations were broadcast over radio waves
  • Computers

    Computers

    they were starting to to make computer

  • Computer's Are Commercially Impotant

  • Transistors

    they were being made this year

  • CRV

    experimental CRV became commercially important
  • RRC

    RRC

    They delivered the first UNIVAC 701
  • IMB

    IMB

    IMB introduced IMB701

  • Computer's Became Commercially Important

  • Circuits

    Circuits

    Integrated circuits were made