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The Egyptian Pyramids believed to have started building in Giza, Egypt.
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The Egyptian Pyramids believed to have have ended building in Giza, Egypt.
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The Romans paved a road system that stretched 44,000 miles and had aqueducts built on either side of it to provide drinking water.
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The Medieval and renaissance periods in Europe begin, bringing new inventions and means of chivalry to the tables.
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The Notre Dame Cathedral, an engineering advancement in it's time, is completed.
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Mariano di Iacopo, born in 1382, and who wrote two books on Mechanical Engineering in the Renaissance, dies in 1458.
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The Renaissance that brought about new inventions and means for engineering/complex engineering endeavors is brought to an end.
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The Newcomen Steam Engine is first installed.
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In 1764, the first British cotton mill opened. In 1769, the cotton mill used a water frame that spun cotton into thread using waterways.
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In 1781, James Watt introduced a new engine - an engine that could run machines in a factory.
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In 1792, Eli Whitney concepted and engineered the first Cotton Gin.
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The construction of the transcontinental railroad began in 1862 to connect Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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Construction on the Transcontinental Railroad end, successfully connecting Omaha, Nebraska to Sacramento, California.
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In the 1870s, Dynamos engineered the first converted that converted rotational force into electrical energy efficiently.
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In 1987, Thomas Edison's lighting system was installed in New York City
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In 1892, George Westinghouse's A/C unit became the primary circuit in circulation/usage.
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In 1894, Guglie Marconi began testing his radio transmitters and receivers with the goal of wireless telegraphy.
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Henry Ford, who developed the the first economically efficient, to build and use, motor car founded Henry Ford's "Ford Motor Company".
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In 1903, the Wright Brothers completed the first electrically powered air flight.
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in 1907, Robert Fulton completed oversaw the completion of the first steamship (Dreadnaught).
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In 1914, Friedrich Kieirg engineered the first steam powered printing press.
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Experimentation with computers using Vacuum Tube technology started.
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In 1951, the U.S. Consensus Bureau bought the first Univac I computer for $1,000,000. Only 31 Univac Is existed.
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Transistors were a more compact and reliable replacement for the vacuum tube.
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Intel and Texas Industries, later known as AMD, both invented the microprocessor, a super-compact and cheap CPU system for computers.
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The Boeing 777 was, at it's time the most complex man-made machine to exist with over 1,000,000 parts.
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In 1981, International Business Machines (IBM) created the first consumer-targeted, cheap computer - the IBM PC; A revolution in technology that's effects are still felt today.