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When did engineering begin?
production
domesticate animals - for food and work
foremen
workers - artisans
Plow
Yoke
The Beginning of Engineering:
6000 - 3000 B.C.
Mesopotamia “cradle of civilization”
and water
city plans
irrigation systems
stringers
Roads were surfaced with a naturally occurring asphalt,
Archimedes (mathematics)
Science of the Greeks and
Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Engineering in Greece:
Use of ideas was retarded because of the belief
that verification and experimentation, which
required manual labor, were only fit for slaves.
Archimedes water screw
Crossbow
Catapult
Science of the Greeks and
Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Roman Engineering
Liberally borrowed scientific and engineering
knowledge from the conquered countries for use in
warfare and in their public works
Superior in the application of ideas and techniques
Hero’s Inventions:
Steam turbine
Hydraulic clock
Fire engine
Science of the Greeks and
Romans: 600 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Roman Engineering
Roman road systems- subbase, compact base,
topcoat 180,000 miles
Aqueducts for water supply
Sanitary systems
optics
Sugar refining, soap making, and perfume distilling
Boyle Discovers:
motion
developed differential calculus, essential to
And the list goes ON AND
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