Engineering: An Illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology
Language: English
Published by Shelter Harbor Pr, 2016
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Engineering: An Illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology
- Author
- Jackson, Tom
- Publisher
- Shelter Harbor Pr
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0985323094
- ISBN 13
- 9780985323097
- Item weight
- 1.31 kilograms
• In 1698 Thomas Savery builds The Miner's Friend; or, An Engine to Raise Water by Fire. It is a water pump that uses steam power. Although incredibly inefficient it is the first functioning steam engine.
• In 1783, Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier build the first flying ma-chine capable of carrying human passengers. It is a 30-feet wide hot air balloon, powered by an open fire and made of paper!
• In 1855 Henry Bessemer designs a new system for making steel, a strong alloy of iron and carbon. Before this invention it took 12 hours to make 1.5 tons of wrought iron. Bessemer's converter could produce 15 tons of much stronger steel in just 20 minutes.
• The first communication satellite is Echo 1, a metallic balloon launched into the upper atmosphere by NASA in 1960.
• In 2007 3.3 billion cubic feet (94 million cubic m) of sand and rock are laid down along the coast of Dubai to make Palm Jumeirah, the world s largest artificial ocean island.
• In 2016 Solar Impulse flies more than half way around the world powered only by electricity generated by solar panels on its wings.. An indispensable volume for students and anyone interested in the marvels of engineering, this book includes:
• 100 chronological articles telling the story of engineering from prehistory to the present day.
• Authoritative text, exciting imagery, and helpful diagrams accompanying each of the steps along the way.
• Biographies of great engineers, such as Archimedes, Tesla, and Watt, showing the inspirations that lay behind their goals.
• A guide to each field of engineering and the materials they employ, offering insight into achievements in the fields, their limits and what might come next.
• An easy-to-follow graphical representation of engineering milestones.
• A 24-page removable foldout concertina with a 12-page timeline history of engineering.
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Exeter, United Kingdom
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