1. History of Engineering
Principles of EngineeringTM
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2. History of Engineering

3. When did engineering begin?
Who were the first engineers?
What were the first engineering designs?

4. When did engineering begin?

5. Who were the first engineers?

6. What were the first engineering designs (probably)?

7. The Beginnings of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Probably occurred in Asia Minor or Africa years ago
Change from nomadic life (hunter - gatherers)
Rise of The Agrarian Society (agriculture)
forms the basis of civilization
cultivate plants - need increased food production
defense –use lightsabers to battle enemies
domesticate animals - for food and work
build permanent houses in community group

8. The Beginnings of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Increased food production permitted time to engage in other activities such as:
Engineering
Farming
Emergence of a class society
Land ownership
Rulers - to stabilize community life
Foremen and Supervisors - organize work force
Workers - to complete work
Artisans - specialists in various technologies
Artisans are considered the first engineers

9. The Beginnings of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Early Achievements in this Era
Methods of producing fire at will
Melting certain rocklike materials to produce copper and bronze tools
Development of a system of symbols for written communications

10. The Beginning of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Major Engineering Projects or Inventions
Irrigation systems to promote crop growth
Animal, water, and wind driven mills
The wheel and axle
Plow
Yoke

11. The Beginning of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
History of Engineering
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The Beginning of Engineering: B.C.
Mesopotamia “Cradle of Civilization”
Clay tile material used for permanent documentation
Clay tablets unearthed which show:
Maps of caravan routes including mountains, cities and water
City plans
Irrigation systems
Trade Inventories
Water supply systems
Road maps (networks)
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12. The Beginning of Engineering: 6000 - 3000 B.C.
Outstanding contributions of mathematics
Sexagesimal system
divided circle into 360 degrees
hour into 60 minutes
minute into 60 seconds
Number system based on 60 instead of 10

13. Engineering in Early Civilizations:3000 -600 B.C.
Babylonian engineers:
Familiar with basic arithmetic and algebra computing
Land areas
Volumes of land excavations
Buildings were constructed using basic engineering principles still used today
Primitive arches used in hydraulic works
Bridges were built with stone piers carrying wooden stringers
Roads surfaced with a naturally occurring asphalt, a “lost art” construction system until the nineteenth century

14. Engineering in Early Civilizations:3000 -600 B.C.
Egyptian Engineers
Pyramid Age B.C and lasts 1000 years
2,300,000 building stones (2.5 tons each) used to build the Great Pyramid of Cheops
Outstanding examples of engineering skills:
Land measurement
Building layout
Transit and level
Irrigation systems

15. Science of the Greeks : 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Engineering in Greece:
Had its origin in Egypt
Better known for the intensive development of borrowed ideas than for creativity and invention
Famous for outstanding philosophers:
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (physical scientist) and Archimedes (mathematics)

16. Science of the Greeks: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Engineering in Greece:
Use of ideas was held back because of the belief that verification and experimentation, which required manual labor, were only fit for slaves.
Ideas included:
Archimedes water screw
Crossbow
Catapult

17. Dominance of the Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
AYBABTU

18. Science of the Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Roman Engineering
The Romans were a military and cultural superpower
Liberally borrowed scientific and engineering knowledge from the conquered countries
For use in warfare
For use in public works
Superior in the application of ideas and techniques

19. Science of the Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
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Science of the Romans: 600 B.C A.D.
Roman Engineering
Roman road systems - 180,000 miles
subbase, compact base, topcoat
Aqueducts for water supply
Sanitary systems
Engineering principles applied to military tactics
Hero’s Inventions:
Gear driven odometer on chariot
Steam turbine
Hydraulic clock
Fire engine
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20. Science of the Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
The Pantheon Dome: The concrete for the coffered dome was poured in moulds, probably mounted on temporary scaffolding. The oculus is the main source of natural light.

21. Science of the Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Cornalvo Gravity Dam - Italy
Polyspastos - Treadwheel Crane
Alcántara Bridge - Spain

22. Engineering in the Middle Ages: 1st to 16th Centuries
Collapse of the Roman Empire 4th and 5th centuries A.D. was known as the Dark Ages, but was it?
The word engineer began to appear. Its root lies in the Latin word ingeniare, “to design or devise”
Animals and waterwheels began to replace humans as the power source (the growth of Christianity, an aversion to slaves as a primary source of power)
Arabs were developing paper making, chemistry, and optics
Sugar refining, soap making, and perfume distilling became part of the culture
Chinese were developing clocks, astronomical instruments, the loom and spinning wheel, and gunpowder

23. Engineering in the Middle Ages: 1st to 16th Centuries
Johann Gutenburg - movable type
produced the first books printed on paper
Leonardo da Vinci - acclaimed as a great artist
also an engineer, inventor and architect
Military and civil engineering feats
such as catapults, bridges, and buildings
Sketches of future engineering devices such as:
Machine Gun Helicopter Drawbridge
Breach-loading Cannon Roller Bearings
Universal Joint Tanks

24. The Revival of Science: 17th and 18th Centuries
Galileo Discovers:
Gravitational acceleration- velocity a body achieves while falling, is independent of weight
Earth moves around the sun
Torricelli and Pascal Discovers:
hydrostatics and dynamics develop the barometer
Boyle Discovers:
expansion quality of air and the correlation between temperature, volume, and pressure

25. The Revival of Science: 17th and 18th Centuries
Hooke Discovers:
material lengthens in proportion to the force exerted on it, up to the elastic limit, and in compression it shortens in a similar fashion
Huygens develops
spiral watch spring and the pendulum clock and measures gravitational acceleration
Newton who is famous for his three basic laws of motion
developed differential calculus, essential to mathematical analysis of most physical systems

26. The Revival of Science: 17th and 18th Centuries
The Developing Industrial Age
James Watt - steam engine for textile mills, iron furnaces, rolling mills and other industries
Hargreaves, Crampton, and Jurgen develops the spinning and weaving machinery
Pieter van Musschenbroek develops a device to hold a static electrical charge, now called the leyden jar forerunner to the capacitor
Luigi Galvani- principles of electrical conduction
Alessandro Volta - principles of the electric battery

27. Beginnings of Modern Science: 19th Century
Andre-Marie Ampere confirms the flow of electrical current, leading to the science of electrodynamics
Michael Faraday found the means to generate electricity by moving a conductor through a magnetic field
Jagadis Chandra Bose demonstrated the transmission of electric signals through space; Marconi was awarded a patent for the same achievement a year later
Henry Cort develops a method of refining iron
James Watt refines and produces an efficient steam engine
At last good iron for machines and power plants to operate the machinery

28. 20th Century Technology
Henry Ford - Builds and sells automobiles and mass production emerges
Thomas Edison and Lee DeForest develop electrical equipment and electron tubes which starts the widespread use of power systems and communication networks
Nikola Tesla introduces the first practical application of alternating current, the polyphase induction motor
Orville & Wilbur Wright develop powered aircraft
Wallace Carothers leads a team of organic chemists and chemical engineer researchers at duPont to develop NYLON the first of many “synthetic fibers”. The beginnings of polymer research

29. 20th Century Technology
Using Albert Einstein's model “E=mc2 scientists from Europe and the United States at the University of Chicago produce the first nuclear pile. The age of controlled nuclear reaction begins.
John Brainerd , at the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Engineering develop the first computer called the “ENIAC”. It weighted over 30 tons and occupied over 1500 square feet.
John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley, at Bell ies, discovered that current changes in one part of a diode caused current changes in another part of a diode and create the transistor.

30. 20th Century Technology
Texas Instruments and Fairchild Semiconductor discovers that the transistor’s silicon crystal could be made to be its own circuit board. “transistors - the switch that controls the world”
Pratt & Whitney develop turbojet engines
Boeing Airplane Company develop the Boeing 707 capable of transporting 180 passangers at speeds of 600 mph
Theodore Maiman produces the first working laser which has mushroomed to encompass surgeons, transmit telephone calls, track storms, to checkout in supermarkets, to weld steel, to cut fabric and to produce holograms

31. And the list goes ON AND ON AND
20th Century Technology
Communication Satellites - now handle more than half of all transoceanic telephone, television and audio network program distribution
And the list goes ON AND ON
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