Major Engineering Events in History: Introduction and TimelineAbout the major engineering events in history, a timeline from the wheel to the atomic bomb.Great Engineering Feats from Early Times to the Present
Man's use of practical technology predated his knowledge of the pure sciences and it was the latter that eventually led to engineering as we know it today. While it is grossly unfair to compare ancient man's efforts to improve on his surroundings with today's successes, a survey of important technological/architectural/construction/engineering progress through the ages will help us view in perspective man's advances up to the present.
298,000 B.C. Earliest Known Houselike Dwelling 3000 B.C. Wheeled Transportation Is Realized 2700-2200 B.C. The Pyramids of Egypt 1800-1450 B.C. Stonehenge--Man's 1st Celestial Observatory 1000 B.C. The Qanats of Iran 448 B.C. The Acropolis, Athens, Greece 300 B.C. The Great Wall of China 313 B.C.-128 A.D. The Roman Aqueducts 834 A.D. The Crank Is Recognized 1000 A.D. The Ancient City of Angkor, Cambodia 1350 A.D. The Rope Bridge of San Luis Rey, Peru 1646 A.D. The Taj Mahal 1725 A.D. The 1st Successful Steam Engine 1882 A.D. The Valveless Water Waste Preventer 1883 A.D. The Brooklyn Bridge 1893 A.D. The Ferris Wheel 1920 A.D. The Panama Canal 1931 A.D. The Empire State Building 1937-1938 A.D. The Golden Gate Bridge and Boulder Dam 1945 A.D. The 1st Atomic Bomb Is Detonated 1957 A.D. Man's 1st Artificial Satellite Orbited 1969 A.D. Manned Lunar Landing 1975 A.D. Project Sanguine Nears Operation | ||
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